TiO2 derived by titanate route from electrospun nanostructures for high-performance dye-sensitized solar cells

A Sreekumaran Nair; Peining Zhu; V Jagadeesh Babu; Shengyuan Yang; Thirumal Krishnamoorthy; Rajendiran Murugan; Shengjie Peng; Seeram Ramakrishna

doi:10.1021/la301172g

TiO2 derived by titanate route from electrospun nanostructures for high-performance dye-sensitized solar cells

Langmuir. 2012 Apr 17;28(15):6202-6. doi: 10.1021/la301172g. Epub 2012 Apr 4.

Authors

A Sreekumaran Nair¹, Peining Zhu, V Jagadeesh Babu, Shengyuan Yang, Thirumal Krishnamoorthy, Rajendiran Murugan, Shengjie Peng, Seeram Ramakrishna

Affiliation

¹ Healthcare and Energy Materials Laboratory, Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Initiative, National University of Singapore, 117584, Singapore. nniansn@nus.edu.sg

PMID: 22469013
DOI: 10.1021/la301172g

Abstract

We report the use of highly porous, dense, and anisotropic TiO(2) derived from electrospun TiO(2)-SiO(2) nanostructures through titanate route in dye-sensitized solar cells. The titanate-derived TiO(2) of high surface areas exhibited superior photovoltaic parameters (efficiency > 7%) in comparison to the respective electrospun TiO(2) nanomaterials and commercially available P-25.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Coloring Agents / chemistry*
Electric Power Supplies*
Nanostructures / chemistry*
Nanotechnology / methods*
Silicon Dioxide / chemistry
Solar Energy*
Titanium / chemistry*

Substances

Coloring Agents
titanium dioxide
Silicon Dioxide
Titanium