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Hydrothermal synthesis of well-aligned hierarchical TiO2 tubular macrochannel arrays with large surface area for high performance dye-sensitized solar cells

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  • Wang, Xiaoyue
  • Li, Haibo
  • Liu, Yong
  • Zhao, Wenxia
  • Liang, Chaolun
  • Huang, Hong
  • Mo, Delin
  • Liu, Zhong
  • Yu, Xiao
  • Deng, Youjun
  • Shen, Hui

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Well-aligned hierarchical TiO2 tubular macrochannel arrays (HTTMAs) with high surface area have been synthesized via a facile one-step ammonia hydrothermal synthesis process without using any structure-directing templates. The typical samples are made of an assembly of macrochannels with uniform openings centered at 2.2μm and a channel density of 1.7×107cm−2. The interconnected macro-mesoporous samples possess a high surface area of 229.6m2g−1 and main pore size centered at 4.1nm. Powder X-ray diffraction and transmission electron microscopy demonstrated that the samples had a mixture of rutile and anatase phases. The light scattering properties of samples were studied by UV–Vis spectrometer in the 350–800nm wavelength range. Dye-sensitized solar cells made of HTTMAs showed an energy conversion efficiency of 8.10% under AM1.5 illumination, which was much higher compared to that (6.24%) of cells consisting of P25 nanoparticles with the same film thickness.

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  • Wang, Xiaoyue & Li, Haibo & Liu, Yong & Zhao, Wenxia & Liang, Chaolun & Huang, Hong & Mo, Delin & Liu, Zhong & Yu, Xiao & Deng, Youjun & Shen, Hui, 2012. "Hydrothermal synthesis of well-aligned hierarchical TiO2 tubular macrochannel arrays with large surface area for high performance dye-sensitized solar cells," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 99(C), pages 198-205.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:appene:v:99:y:2012:i:c:p:198-205
    DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2012.05.014
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