Enhancing the performance of dye-sensitized solar cells by benzoic acid modified TiO2 nanorod electrode

• Main Authors: Liu, Jincheng, Wang, Yinjie, Sun, Darren Delai
• Other Authors: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Materials::Energy materials
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/90385; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/7507
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The anatase TiO2 nanorods capped by oleic acid with the length of 30e50 nm and diameter of approximately 4e5 nm were prepared by a facile two-phase hydrothermal method. The oleic acid ligands attached on the surface of TiO2 nanorods were completely exchanged by benzoic...