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Influence of Different Surface Modifications on the Photovoltaic Performance and Dark Current of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

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The TiO_2 nanoporous film photoelectrode, as a crucial component of dye-sensitized solar cells, has been investigated. The photovoltaic properties and the dark current were studied by two surface modification methods. One was to apply a compact layer between the conductive glass substrate and nanoporous TiO_2 film. Another was to produce TiO_2 nanoparticles among the microstructure by TiCl_4 treatment. A suitable concentration and number of times for TiCl_4 treatment were found in our experiment. The dark current is suppressed by surface modifications, leading to a significant improvement in the solar cells performance. An excessive concentration of TiCl_4 will produce more surface states and introduce a larger dark current reversely. The dye is also regarded as a source of charge recombination in dark to some extent, due to an amount of surface protonations introduced by the interfacial link in the conductive glass substrate/dye interface and dye/TiO_2 interface.

surface modificationdark currentdye-sensitizedsolar cells

XU Weiwei、DAI Songyuan、HU Linhua、ZHANG Changneng、XIAO Shangfeng、LUO Xiangdong、JING Weiping、WANG Kongjia

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Division of Solar Energy Materials and Engineering, Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China

2007

Plasma science & technology

Plasma science & technology

SCI
ISSN:1009-0630
年,卷(期):2007.9(5)