染料敏化太阳电池中TiO2膜内电子传输和背反应特性研究

采用强度调制光电流谱(IMPS)和强度调制光电压谱(IMVS)研究电池内部电子传输机理和电子背反应动力学特性.利用理论表达式对不同TiO₂多孔膜厚度(d)的电池实验数据进行了拟合,得到了电池的吸收系数(α)、电子扩散系数(D_n)、电子寿命(τ_n)、电子传输时间(τ_d)和入射单色光光电转化效率(IPCE)等微观参数的数值.研究表明：膜薄有利于加快电子传 关键词： 染料敏化 太阳电池 IMPS/IMVS 传输     

TiO2颗粒尺寸对染料敏化太阳电池内电子输运特性影响研究

采用强度调制光电流谱(IMPS)和强度调制光电压谱(IMVS)研究了染料敏化太阳电池(DSC)内部电子传输和背反应动力学特性.在纳米TiO₂薄膜厚度相同的情况下,借助于IMPS/IMVS测量了由3种不同TiO₂颗粒尺寸大小薄膜制备出DSC的电荷传输特征参数值.IMPS/IMVS理论模型拟合实验测量数据的结果表明：在不同入射光强下,随着颗粒尺寸的增大,电子扩散系数(D_n)增大,而电子寿命(τ_n 关键词： 染料敏化 太阳电池 IMPS/IMVS 电子传输     

电极表面改性对染料敏化太阳电池性能影响的机理研究

采用强度调制光电流谱(IMPS)和强度调制光电压谱(IMVS)技术,从染料敏化太阳电池(DSC)电子传输和复合角度对比了不同光强下导电玻璃表面阻挡层及TiO₂薄膜优化使电池性能改善的内在原因.阻挡层的引入和TiO₂薄膜的优化均通过电沉积法实现.结果表明,对多孔薄膜电极的不同改性均提高了电池的短路电流J_sc和效率η,但对电子传输和复合过程的作用机理有所不同:前者延长了电子寿命τ _n,但电子传输时间τ _d变化不明显;而后者则主要是延长τ _n的同时也缩短了τ _d. 关键词： 染料敏化 太阳电池 调制光电流谱/调制光电压谱 电子输运     

TiCl4处理多孔薄膜对染料敏化太阳电池中电子传输特性影响研究

借助于强度调制光电流谱(IMPS)和强度调制光电压谱(IMVS)技术,研究了纳米TiO₂多孔薄膜在TiCl₄溶液处理后组装成的染料敏化太阳电池(DSC)中电子传输和背反应动力学特性. 研究表明:纳米TiO₂多孔薄膜经TiCl₄溶液处理后,电池中暗电流减小,电子寿命τ_n明显延长,电子传输时间τ_d缩短,电子有效扩散系数D_n增大,电子扩散长度L_n值升高,入射单色光子/电子转化效率η_IPCE增加,光生电荷量Q_oc显著增加. 文章从微观层面上研究了TiCl₄溶液处理纳米TiO₂多孔薄膜对DSC内部电子的产生、传输和复合过程的影响,从而很好地解释了电池光伏性能随TiCl₄溶液处理的变化关系. 关键词： 4')" href="#">TiCl₄ 电子传输 染料敏化 太阳电池     

染料敏化太阳电池中TiO2颗粒界面接触对电子输运影响的研究

采用溶胶-凝胶法制备TiO₂浆料,通过丝网印刷技术印刷和不同温度曲线烧结TiO₂薄膜,并应用于染料敏化太阳电池(DSC).高分辨透射电子显微镜发现,低温下多孔薄膜中TiO₂颗粒之间呈现点接触,510 ℃烧结后TiO₂颗粒间由点接触变为面接触,近邻颗粒数增多,接触面积增大.同时采用强度调制光电流谱(IMPS)和强度调制光电压谱(IMVS)技术,研究了不同颗粒接触方式和接触面积对电子传输与复合的影响.结果表明:在420- 510 ℃之间,随着烧结温度提高,颗粒接触面积增大,电子传输时间(τ _d)缩短,电子有效扩散长度(L _n)增大,暗电流减小;当烧结温度达到550 ℃时,薄膜比表面积减小,多孔结构坍塌,表面态密度增大,电子传输时间(τ _d)增大.电池光伏特性研究表明:在480-510 ℃范围内烧结得到的TiO₂薄膜,电池短路电流密度(J_sc)最佳,电池效率(η)最好. 关键词： 界面接触 电子输运 暗电流 染料敏化太阳电池     

电沉积处理与染料敏化纳米薄膜太阳电池的优化

采用阳极氧化水解法对染料敏化纳米TiO₂薄膜太阳电池的光阳极进行不同方式的电沉积优化处理.借助x射线衍射仪对处理后的样品进行分析，通过超高分辨率场发射扫描电子显微镜对导电玻璃以及电沉积处理前后纳米多孔薄膜表面进行了粒径和形貌的扫描.染料敏化太阳电池实验测试结果表明，电沉积处理和修饰后可以明显提高光生电子的收集率，增大短路电流密度，提高电池效率. 关键词： 2')" href="#">纳米TiO₂ 染料敏化 电沉积 太阳电池     

TiO2颗粒尺寸对染料敏化太阳电池内电子输运特性影响研究

采用强度调制光电流谱(IMPS)和强度调制光电压谱(IMVS)研究了染料敏化太阳电池(DSC)内部电子传输和背反应动力学特性.在纳米TiO2薄膜厚度相同的情况下,借助于IMPS/IMVS测量了由3种不同TiO2颗粒尺寸大小薄膜制备出DSC的电荷传输特征参数值.IMPS/IMVS理论模型拟合实验测量数据的结果表明:在不同入射光强下,随着颗粒尺寸的增大,电子扩散系数(Dn)增大,而电子寿命(τn)减小,电子传输时间(τd)也减小.Dn随颗粒尺寸增大而增加归因于薄膜表面积的减小,而τn减小可以通过缺陷之间的跃迁频率来解释,τd减小是由于TiO2薄膜内缺陷浓度减小而导致的.     

锐钛矿相TiO2纳米管的制备及其染料敏化太阳电池

以商用金红石相TiO₂粉末为原料,通过在碱性溶液中150℃水热48h的方法合成TiO₂纳米管.采用SEM,TEM,XRD分析手段对TiO₂纳米管的形貌和结构演变进行了表征.制成的TiO₂纳米管与TritonX-100,乙酰丙酮混合后,通过丝网印刷的方法涂敷到ITO导电玻璃衬底上,并且在450℃下烧结30min后得到可应用于染料敏化太阳电池的多孔光阳极.将此光阳极浸泡于N719染料敏化后,与镀铂对电极组装电池,两者之间灌 关键词： 2纳米管')" href="#">TiO₂纳米管 染料敏化太阳电池 水热法     

纳米TiO2多孔薄膜电极平带电势的研究

采用光谱电化学方法研究了纳米TiO₂多孔薄膜电极的平带电势,获得了薄膜厚度以及TiCl₄处理对纳米TiO₂薄膜电极平带电势的影响情况,并研究了平带电势对染料敏化太阳电池光伏性能的影响.结果表明,可以通过检测纳米TiO₂电极平带电势的变化趋势来反映电池中TiO₂电极平带电势的变化趋势.随着TiO₂电极膜厚的增加,其平带电势将向正方向移动,导致对应电池的开路电压随之减小.另外,经 关键词： 平带电势 2')" href="#">纳米TiO₂ 染料敏化 太阳电池     

纳米TiO2颗粒/亚微米球多层结构薄膜内电荷传输性能研究

本文主要利用TiO₂亚微米球较强的光散射特性设计了纳米TiO₂颗粒/亚微米球多层结构光阳极, 并借助强度调制光电流谱(intensity-modulated photocurrent spectroscopy)、电化学阻抗谱(electrochemical impedance spectroscopy)和入射单色光光电转化效率(incident photon-to-current conversion efficiency), 研究亚微米球的引入对多层结构薄膜内缺陷态、电子传输时间、电子收集效率和界面电荷转移性能的影响. 强度调制光电流谱反映出亚微米球表面缺陷态少, 但其颗粒间接触不紧密, 导致在接触部位形成了势垒, 阻碍了电子的传输, 导致电子传输时间增长. 电化学阻抗谱结果表明不同多层结构电池界面复合无明显差别, 同时底层采用纳米TiO₂ 透明薄膜结构的电池, 其光利用率要明显高于底层采用亚微米球薄膜结构的电池, TiO₂费米能级电子填充水平也相对增大, 使得电池的光电转换效率得到提升. 多层结构复合薄膜电荷传输和光伏特性的研究, 为高效染料敏化太阳电池光阳极设计提供了实验基础.     

Effects of electrode film modifications on the open-circuit photovoltage in enhanced dye-sensitized solar cells

In this study, the open-circuit photovoltage (V _oc) decay technique was used to investigate the relationship between the electrode film morphology and the open-circuit photovoltage. Results indicate that dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs) based on ordered arrays of TiO₂ nanostructures (100 nm external diameters and 20–50 nm internal diameters) generally show higher open-circuit photovoltage (V _oc) values than those based on sintered TiO₂ nanoparticles (20–40 nm diameters). In particular, cells based on thick nanotubules (wall thickness ≥ 45 nm in our research) and on nanorods (100 nm diameters) show particularly high V _oc values, indicating slow recombination kinetics under open-circuit conditions. It can be argued that the nanorods and the thick nanotubules act like singles crystals and therefore the injected electrons in the inner TiO₂ molecules are shielded from holes in the electrolyte under open-circuit conditions. The open-circuit recombination time constant of electrons accumulated in the TiO₂ conduction band is therefore prolonged and resulting in high V _oc values.     

Electron transport in dye-sensitized solar cells based on TiO2 nanowires

Anatase titanium dioxide nanowire arrays were prepared by hydrothermally oxidizing titanium foils in aqueous alkali and transferred onto fluorinated tin oxide(FTO)glass for use as the photoanodes of front side illuminated dye-sensitized solar cells(DSCs).Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy(EIS)measurement was applied to compare the electron transport and recombination properties of DSCs using TiO2nanowire films and TiO2nanoparticle films as photoanodes.It was found that the nanowire array films possess smaller electron transport resistance(Rt)and larger electron diffusion length(Le)in the photoanodes,suggesting that the nanowire arrays can enhance the electron transport rate and have a potential to improve the charge collection efficiency of DSCs.     

Branching of electron current and quantum effects in two-dimensional dislocation barrier of n-type semiconductor

The current flow through the dislocation wall of the bicrystal (or intergrain) boundary in semiconductor is considered. It is known that the broken bonds along the dislocations make up the acceptor levels (being offset by energy ?_d from the bottom of the conductance band) whose population by electrons is defined by the bulk donor concentration n_D, the ?_d-value and the dislocation spacing D_y. At low enough n_D-value (n_D<e²/?_dD_y⁴), electrons captured at the dislocation acceptors produce the periodic 2D-lattice with two comparable periods of the order of n_s^−1/2 where n_s∼(?_dN_D/e²)^1/2 is 2D-density of captured electrons. Charges of those electrons result in the formation of the dislocation potential barrier whose height (with mean value in order of ?_d) is periodically modulated in the wall plane. Naturally, the electron current prefers to flow along the paths with the lowest barrier height, i.e. through the saddle points of the 3D-potential relief positioned in the dislocation wall plane. At low enough temperatures that leads to separation of the electron current into numerous branches. Provided both 2D-lattice periods of the captured charges are smaller as compared with the electron mean free path, all those narrow and short branches make up a filamentary 1D-conductors with the ballistic transport. As this takes place, effects associated with the 1D-conductance quantization define the whole system resistance and could be observed experimentally. In particular, exponentially strong temperature dependence of the whole system resistance vanishes.     

Electrochemical properties of TiO2 nanoparticle/nanorod composite photoanode for dye-sensitized solar cells

A unique composite of TiO₂ nanoparticles (NPs) and nanorods (NRs) has been used to fabricate a photoelectrode for developing dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) with higher sensitivity. The TiO₂ nanorods were synthesized using a mechanical process, in which electrospun TiO₂ nanofibers was grinded in a controlled way to obtain uniform size distribution. The characteristics of electron transport, recombination lifetime and charge collection were investigated by intensity-modulated photocurrent spectroscopy (IMPS) and intensity-modulated photovoltage spectroscopy (IMVS). Photoelectrodes prepared with the composites of NRs and NPs showed significant improvements in electron transportation compared to only NP photoelectrodes, which would enhance the photovoltaic performance of DSSCs. IMPS and IMVS measurements show that fast electron transport and slightly decreased recombination lifetime resulted in the improvement of efficiency. The highest energy conversion efficiency obtained from the photoelectrodes fabricated with the as-prepared rutile TiO₂ nanofibers at 5 wt% NR content was up to 6.1% under AM1.5G solar illumination. The results demonstrate that the composite nanostructure can take advantage of both the fast electron transport of the nanorods and the high surface area of the nanoparticles.