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Low-Temperature Fabrication of Efficient Porous Titania Photoelectrodes by Hydrothermal Crystallization at the Solid/Gas Interface

✍ Scribed by D. Zhang; T. Yoshida; H. Minoura


Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2003
Tongue
English
Weight
132 KB
Volume
15
Category
Article
ISSN
0935-9648

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✦ Synopsis


Mechanically stable mesoporous nanocrystalline titania thick films can be prepared at low temperature (100 °C) by hydrothermal treatment of an aqueous mixed paste containing nanocrystalline TiO~2~ powder and Ti salts. The Ti monomers are converted into crystalline TiO~2~, which acts as a “glue” to chemically connect the TiO~2~ particles. Highly efficient flexible dye‐sensitized solar cells prepared on a conductive plastic film substrate were realized using this method and a conversion efficiency of 2.3 % at AM1.5 was achieved.