Chemical vapor treatment of zinc oxide photoelectrodes for efficiency enhancement of dye-sensitized solar cells
© 2017, Springer-Verlag Wien. Abstract: ZnO photoelectrodes were successfully treated using hydrochloric vapor. The vapor was generated from hydrochloric acid solution with sonication assistance. The morphology showed a formation of plate-like structures after the vapor treatment, resulting in light...
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th-cmuir.6653943832-465852018-04-25T07:23:08Z Chemical vapor treatment of zinc oxide photoelectrodes for efficiency enhancement of dye-sensitized solar cells Sasimonton Moungsrijun Supphadate Sujinnapram Supab Choopun Sutthipoj Sutthana Agricultural and Biological Sciences © 2017, Springer-Verlag Wien. Abstract: ZnO photoelectrodes were successfully treated using hydrochloric vapor. The vapor was generated from hydrochloric acid solution with sonication assistance. The morphology showed a formation of plate-like structures after the vapor treatment, resulting in light scattering which was observed in terms of increased reflectance compared with the non-treated photoelectrodes. A dye-sensitized solar cell fabricated with the treated photoelectrodes exhibited an enhanced power conversion efficiency of 3.00% in comparison to the non-treated photoelectrodes base of 2.35%. The enhanced power conversion efficiency was observed in direct relation to the increased short-circuit current density. The increased short-circuit current density is due to the achieved light scattering in the photoelectrodes. Moreover, an extended open-circuit voltage was observed due to reduced electron recombination in the device. Therefore, a chemical vapor treatment of ZnO photoelectrodes via hydrochloric acid resulted in a successful scattering layer formation and a reduced recombination process for power conversion efficiency enhancement of ZnO dye-sensitized solar cells. 2018-04-25T06:57:23Z 2018-04-25T06:57:23Z 2017-07-01 Journal 00269247 2-s2.0-85019183909 10.1007/s00706-017-1952-6 https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=85019183909&origin=inward http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/46585 |
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© 2017, Springer-Verlag Wien. Abstract: ZnO photoelectrodes were successfully treated using hydrochloric vapor. The vapor was generated from hydrochloric acid solution with sonication assistance. The morphology showed a formation of plate-like structures after the vapor treatment, resulting in light scattering which was observed in terms of increased reflectance compared with the non-treated photoelectrodes. A dye-sensitized solar cell fabricated with the treated photoelectrodes exhibited an enhanced power conversion efficiency of 3.00% in comparison to the non-treated photoelectrodes base of 2.35%. The enhanced power conversion efficiency was observed in direct relation to the increased short-circuit current density. The increased short-circuit current density is due to the achieved light scattering in the photoelectrodes. Moreover, an extended open-circuit voltage was observed due to reduced electron recombination in the device. Therefore, a chemical vapor treatment of ZnO photoelectrodes via hydrochloric acid resulted in a successful scattering layer formation and a reduced recombination process for power conversion efficiency enhancement of ZnO dye-sensitized solar cells. |
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Chemical vapor treatment of zinc oxide photoelectrodes for efficiency enhancement of dye-sensitized solar cells |
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