Rapid microwave synthesis of porous TiO2 spheres and their applications in dye-sensitized solar cells

Hong-En Wang; Ling-Xia Zheng; Chao-Ping Liu; Yan-Kuan Liu; Chun-Yan Luan; Hua Cheng; Yang Yang Li; Ludvik Martinu; Juan Antonio Zapien; Igor Bello

doi:10.1021/jp2011588

Rapid microwave synthesis of porous TiO2 spheres and their applications in dye-sensitized solar cells

Hong-En Wang, Ling-Xia Zheng, Chao-Ping Liu, Yan-Kuan Liu, Chun-Yan Luan, Hua Cheng, Yang Yang Li, Ludvik Martinu, Juan Antonio Zapien, Igor Bello

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Porous anatase TiO₂ spheres with sizes ranging from 150 to 250 nm were synthesized by a rapid microwave treatment of spherical titanium glycolate precursors preformed via an ethylene glycol-mediated sol-gel process. The effects of various experimental conditions on the formation of titanium glycolate precursors and final TiO₂ spheres were investigated. A dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) assembled with the as-synthesized porous TiO₂ spheres as photoanodes exhibits a 5% energy conversion efficiency, which is almost 40% higher than that made of the standard commercial Degussa P25 TiO₂ nanopowders. © 2011 American Chemical Society.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	10419-10425
Journal	The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
Volume	115
Issue number	21
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/jp2011588
Publication status	Published - 2 Jun 2011

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