An Investigation on the Photovoltaic Properties of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Based on Fe3O4&#x2013;TiO2 Composited Photoelectrode

Jung-Chuan Chou; Chia-Ming Chu; Yi-Hung Liao; Chih-Hsien Lai; Yu-Jen Lin; Pei-Hong You; Wan-Yu Hsu; Chang-Chia Lu; Yu-Hsun Nien

doi:10.1109/JEDS.2016.2618839

IEEE Journal of the Electron Devices Society (Jan 2017)

An Investigation on the Photovoltaic Properties of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Based on Fe3O4–TiO2 Composited Photoelectrode

Jung-Chuan Chou,
Chia-Ming Chu,
Yi-Hung Liao,
Chih-Hsien Lai,
Yu-Jen Lin,
Pei-Hong You,
Wan-Yu Hsu,
Chang-Chia Lu,
Yu-Hsun Nien

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Jung-Chuan Chou: ORCiD; Graduate School of Electronic Engineering, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Douliou, Taiwan
Chia-Ming Chu: Department of Electronic Engineering, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Douliou, Taiwan
Yi-Hung Liao: Department of Information Management, TransWorld University, Yunlin, Taiwan
Chih-Hsien Lai: Graduate School of Electronic Engineering, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Douliou, Taiwan
Yu-Jen Lin: Graduate School of Electronic Engineering, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Douliou, Taiwan
Pei-Hong You: Graduate School of Electronic Engineering, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Douliou, Taiwan
Wan-Yu Hsu: Department of Electronic Engineering, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Douliou, Taiwan
Chang-Chia Lu: Department of Electronic Engineering, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Douliou, Taiwan
Yu-Hsun Nien: Graduate School of Chemical and Materials Engineering, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Douliou, Taiwan

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/JEDS.2016.2618839
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 5, no. 1
pp. 32 – 39

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In this paper, Fe3O4-titanium dioxide (TiO2) composited photoelectrode was prepared by spin coating method. The effects of incorporating Fe3O4 into the TiO2 photoelectrode of dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) were investigated in detail by atomic force microscope, solar simulator, X-ray diffraction, UV-visible spectroscopy, and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy. Compared with the photovoltaic conversion efficiency of 2.35% of DSSC based on TiO2 pure photoelectrode, the photovoltaic conversion efficiency of 3.54% was obtained. The experimental results show that the Fe3O4 acted as a catalyst to provide another electron pathway for DSSC, which could lower the condition of electron recombination. Moreover, it could be found from Nyquist plot that the resistance at the interface between electrolyte and TiO2 film increased for DSSC after incorporating Fe3O4 into the TiO2 photoelectrode, which indicated that the condition of electron recombination was restrained.

Published in IEEE Journal of the Electron Devices Society

ISSN: 2168-6734 (Online)
Publisher: IEEE
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Technology: Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineering
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