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2015 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

63. Effective Manufacture of Free-Standing TiO2 Nanotube Arrays Without Bottom Barrier Layer for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell

Authors : Wen-Kai Tu, Jia-Shiang Chen, Shu-Hua Chien

Published in: Progress in Clean Energy, Volume 2

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Abstract

Different from other procedures, we introduce a simple procedure for preparing large-area, free-standing, non-curling, opened-end TiO2 nanotube array (TiNT) films by selected annealing temperature and oxalic acid treatment. The selective dissolution properties of oxalic acid are used to easily separate TiNT off Ti substrates and dissolve the bottom caps in this one-pot reaction. These TiNT films were attached on fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO) glasses and used in the front-side-illuminated dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC). As compared to the DSSC made of closed-end TiNT, the DSSC made of opened-end TiNT exhibited an enhancement in efficiency from 4.65 to 7.82 %, corresponding to 70 % improvement.

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Metadata
Title
Effective Manufacture of Free-Standing TiO2 Nanotube Arrays Without Bottom Barrier Layer for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell
Authors
Wen-Kai Tu
Jia-Shiang Chen
Shu-Hua Chien
Copyright Year
2015
Book
Progress in Clean Energy, Volume 2

Print ISBN: 978-3-319-17030-5

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-17031-2

Copyright Year: 2015

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-17031-2_63