High-Efficiency Solid-State Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells: Fast Charge Extraction through Self-Assembled 3D Fibrous Network of Crystalline TiO 2 Nanowires
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ArticleAuthors
Tétreault, NicolasHorváth, Endre
Moehl, Thomas
Brillet, Jérémie
Smajda, Rita
Bungener, Stéphane
Cai, Ning
Wang, Peng
Zakeeruddin, Shaik M.
Forró, László
Magrez, Arnaud
Grätzel, Michael
KAUST Grant Number
KUS-C1-015-21Date
2010-12-28Metadata
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Herein, we present a novel morphology for solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells based on the simple and straightforward self-assembly of nanorods into a 3D fibrous network of fused single-crystalline anatase nanowires. This architecture offers a high roughness factor, significant light scattering, and up to several orders of magnitude faster electron transport to reach a near-record-breaking conversion efficiency of 4.9%. © 2010 American Chemical Society.Citation
Tétreault N, Horváth E, Moehl T, Brillet J, Smajda R, et al. (2010) High-Efficiency Solid-State Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells: Fast Charge Extraction through Self-Assembled 3D Fibrous Network of Crystalline TiO 2 Nanowires . ACS Nano 4: 7644–7650. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/nn1024434.Sponsors
This publication was supported by the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST, Award No KUS-C1-015-21). J.B. received financial support from a Marie Curie Research Training Network, Hydrogen Project (MRTN-CT-2006-032474). N.C. and P.W. thank the financial support from the National Key Scientific Program (No. 2007CB936700) and the National Science Foundation of China (No. 50973105). This work was partially supported by the european project MULTIPLAT (NMP4-SL-2009-228943). T.M. acknowledges the ECR advanced grant agreement (No. 247404) under the CE-Mesolight project funded by the European community's 7th FWP.Publisher
American Chemical Society (ACS)Journal
ACS NanoISSN
1936-08511936-086X