A facile method for the synthesis of the Li(0.3)La(0.57)TiO₃ solid state electrolyte.

We report a facile method for the synthesis of Li(0.3)La(0.57)TiO3 by forming a coagulated precursor solution which contains Li(+), La(3+), and TiO2 nanoparticles mixed highly homogeneously.

Applications of light scattering in dye-sensitized solar cells.

Light scattering is a method that has been employed in dye-sensitized solar cells for optical absorption enhancement. In conventional dye-sensitized solar cells, large TiO(2) particles with sizes comparable to the wavelength of visible light are used as scatterers by either being mixed into the nanocrystalline film to generate light scattering or forming a scattering layer on the top of the nanocrystalline film to reflect the incident light, with the aim to extend the traveling distance of incident light within the photoelectrode film. Recently, hierarchical nanostructures, for example nanocrystallite aggregates (among others), have been applied to dye-sensitized solar cells.