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- - Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) made with freestanding TiO nanotube arrays (TNTAs) enhance energy conversion efficiency (ECE) by incorporating Au nanoparticles and carbon materials through electrodeposition and chemical vapor deposition.
- - The ECE of standard DSSCs with freestanding TNTAs is 5.87%, which improves to 6.57% with Au NPs and 6.59% with carbon materials.
- - The combination of both Au NPs and carbon materials leads to a significant ECE increase to 7.24%, representing a 23.34% improvement due to enhanced electron transport and plasmonic effects.
Article Abstract
Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) are fabricated with freestanding TiO nanotube arrays (TNTAs) which are incorporated with Au nanoparticles (NPs) and carbon materials via electrodeposition and chemical vapor deposition (CVD) method to create a plasmonic effect and better electron transport that will enhance their energy conversion efficiency (ECE). The ECE of DSSCs based on the freestanding TNTAs is 5.87%. The ECE of DSSCs, based on the freestanding TNTAs with Au NPs or carbon materials, is 6.57% or 6.59%, respectively, and the final results of DSSCs according to the freestanding TNTAs with Au NPs and carbon materials is increased from 5.87% to 7.24%, which is an enhancement of 23.34% owing to plasmonic effect and better electron transport. Au NPs are incorporated into the channel of freestanding TNTAs and are characterized by CS-corrected-field emission transmission electron microscope (Cs-FE-TEM) and elemental mapping. Carbon materials are also well-incorporated in the channel of freestanding TNTAs and are analyzed by Raman spectroscopy.
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