In pursuit of superior TiO2 photoanode materials for dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs), we prepared lotus-root shaped meso-/macroporous TiO2. The lotus-root shaped meso-/macroporous TiO2 was easily prepared by using a cetyltrimethylammonium hydroxide (CTAOH) template in aqueous solution. The crystallization of the as-prepared amorphous lotus-root shaped TiO2 was performed at 700 °C in air. Crystalline anatase phase with a very small portion of rutile phase was generated after the heat treatment at 700 °C and the BET surface area of crystalline lotus-root shaped meso-/macroporous TiO2 material (LR-700) was 30.0 m(2) g(-1). The wall of LR-700 displayed well-developed mesoporosity with a pore dimension of 28.3 nm. Periodically arranged microscale one-dimensional (1D) macropores were also observed in the particles. The photon-to-current conversion efficiencies (η) of LR-700 photoanodes in Grätzel type DSSCs were examined. The conversion efficiency of DSSC prepared by mixing nanoparticulate Evonik P25 and LR-700 (ratio=85:150 by mass) was 28% greater compared to the reference electrode using P25. Incident photon-to-current efficiencies (IPCE) of the DSSCs were dramatically improved by employing the photoanodes composed of a mixture of P25 and LR-700 but impedance analysis indicated that P25/LR-700 mixed cells have resistances similar to the standard P25 reference cell. Thus, photovoltaic performances could be improved mainly due to the increases of dye uptake and external quantum efficiency by using a mixed photoanode composed of LR-700 and nanocrystalline P25 particles.
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