relation: https://eprints.uet.vnu.edu.vn/eprints/id/eprint/1801/
title: Dye-sensitized solar cells composed of photoactive composite photoelectrodes with enhanced solar energy conversion efficiency
creator: Vu, Thi Hong Ha
creator: Timur, Sh. Atabaev
creator: Ji, Young Ahn
creator: Nguyen, Nang Dinh
creator: Hyung, Kook Kim
creator: Yoon, Hwae Hwang
subject: Engineering Physics
description: Phosphor particles were introduced as a luminescent medium to improve the overall efficiency of dye sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). In the preparation process, TiO2 and phosphor particles were mixed to make photoelectrodes with bilayer (TiO2/mix), 3-layer (TiO2/mix/TiO2) and 4-layer (TiO2/mix/TiO2/mix) structures. The cell with the bilayer structure (TiO2/mix) after treating with TiCl4 solution showed the highest light-to-electric energy conversion efficiency (8.78%), which was ∼25.8% higher than that of a cell with a pure TiO2 layer under the same experimental conditions. The improvement in the energy conversion efficiency of DSSCs was attributed to phosphor enhanced incident light-harvesting via up- and down-conversion luminescence processes, resulting in an increase in the photocurrent.
date: 2015
type: Article
type: PeerReviewed
identifier:   Vu, Thi Hong Ha and Timur, Sh. Atabaev and Ji, Young Ahn and Nguyen, Nang Dinh and Hyung, Kook Kim and Yoon, Hwae Hwang  (2015) Dye-sensitized solar cells composed of photoactive composite photoelectrodes with enhanced solar energy conversion efficiency.  J. Mater. Chem. A, 3 .   pp. 11130-11136.      
relation: DOI: 10.1039/C5TA02363G