TiO2 coated urchin-like SnO2 microspheres for efficient dye-sensitized solar cells

@article{Thapa2014TiO2CU,
  title={TiO2 coated urchin-like SnO2 microspheres for efficient dye-sensitized solar cells},
  author={A. Thapa and J. Zai and Hytham Elbohy and Prashant Poudel and N. Adhikari and Xuefeng Qian and Q. Qiao},
  journal={Nano Research},
  year={2014},
  volume={7},
  pages={1154-1163}
}
AbstractUrchin-like SnO2 microspheres have been grown for use as photoanodes in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). We observed that a thin layer coating of TiO2 on urchin-like SnO2 microsphere photoanodes greatly enhanced dye loading capability and light scattering ability, and achieved comparable solar cell performance even at half the thickness of a typical nanocrystalline TiO2 photoanode. In addition, this photoanode only required attaching ∼55% of the amount of dye for efficient light… Expand
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