TiO2 nanotubes for dye‐sensitized solar cells—A review

X Hou, K Aitola, PD Lund - Energy Science & Engineering, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
TiO2 nanotubes (TNTs) are a potential candidate for the photoelectrode in dye‐sensitized
solar cells (DSSCs). In this review, emphasis is given to the fabrication methods of the TNT …

Improving photoanodes to obtain highly efficient dye-sensitized solar cells: a brief review

K Fan, J Yu, W Ho - Materials Horizons, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) feature low cost, stability, and environment friendliness
and are thus a promising substitute for traditional silicon solar cells. DSSCs have received …

A facile preparation of immobilized BiOCl nanosheets/TiO2 arrays on FTO with enhanced photocatalytic activity and reusability

Y Shen, X Yu, W Lin, Y Zhu, Y Zhang - Applied Surface Science, 2017 - Elsevier
Forming a hybrid structure is considered as an efficient strategy toward improving the
photocatalytic activity of TiO 2-based photocatalyst. In this work, we report a facile …

Rational design of anatase TiO2 architecture with hierarchical nanotubes and hollow microspheres for high-performance dye-sensitized solar cells

J Gu, J Khan, Z Chai, Y Yuan, X Yu, P Liu, M Wu… - Journal of Power …, 2016 - Elsevier
Large surface area, sufficient light-harvesting and superior electron transport property are
the major factors for an ideal photoanode of dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs), which …

Morphology-controllable polycrystalline TiO2 nanorod arrays for efficient charge collection in dye-sensitized solar cells

P Zhong, X Ma, X Chen, R Zhong, X Liu, D Ma… - Nano Energy, 2015 - Elsevier
In this work, rutile TiO 2 nanorod arrays (NRAs) are prepared on TiO 2 seeding/FTO
substrates by a hydrothermal process. The synthetic recipe is systematically studied to probe …

High-performance flexible dye-sensitized solar cells by using hierarchical anatase TiO 2 nanowire arrays

Z Chai, J Gu, J Khan, Y Yuan, L Du, X Yu, M Wu… - RSC advances, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Pioneering products in wearable technologies, such as Apple Watch, Google Glass or Nike
smart sneakers, are leading a new trend in electronic devices. However, the fast developing …

Graphitic carbon nitride modified {001}-faceted TiO2 nanosheet photoanodes for efficient quantum dot sensitized solar cells

Q Gao, L Duan, X Zhang, I Kamiya, W Lü - Superlattices and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract In the present work,{001}-faceted TiO 2 nanosheets were prepared via a one-step
hydrothermal method and used as backbone scaffold of photoanodes of solar cells. The …

Carbon nanoparticle template assisted formation of mesoporous TiO 2 photoanodes for quantum dot-sensitized solar cells

Q Gao, L Wang, X Zhang, L Duan, X Li… - New Journal of …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
While the power conversion efficiency (PCE) of quantum dot-sensitized solar cells
(QDSSCs) is still far below their theoretical efficiency, we herein provide a method to …

Fabrication and integration of quasi-one-dimensional hierarchical TiO 2 nanotubes for dye-sensitized solar cells

Z Chai, J Gu, Y Yuan, Z Zang, W Mai - CrystEngComm, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
We present a novel, rational design of three-dimensional (3D) TiO2-based photoanodes
using anatase hierarchical TiO2 nanotube arrays as the bottom layer and P25 nanoparticles …

Nanoarchitectures as photoanodes

H Murthy - Interfacial Engineering in Functional Materials for …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
This chapter looks into providing detailed information on the state‐of‐the‐art and recent
trends on materials and nanoarchitectures for improved photoanode device. It provides a …