Indium Tin Oxide Nanofiber Film Electrode for High Performance Dye Sensitized Solar Cells

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Published 6 January 2010 Copyright (c) 2010 The Japan Society of Applied Physics
, , Citation Ferry Iskandar et al 2010 Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 49 010213 DOI 10.1143/JJAP.49.010213

1347-4065/49/1R/010213

Abstract

Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSC) were fabricated using transparent and conductive indium tin oxide (ITO) nanofiber film prepared by electrospinning. Scanning electron microscope (SEM) images confirmed that the prepared films were well attached, exceptionally long, and had an average diameter of around 200 nm. We found that the maximum efficiency of the device was as high as 3.97% with the structure of a double-layer nanofiber film. It was shown that an improvement as much as 16.76% was achieved. These achievements were obtained due to a reduction in grain boundaries, to an efficient high charge collection, and to rapid electron transport.

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10.1143/JJAP.49.010213