Abstract

Three families of linear shaped TiO2 anatase nanocrystals with variable aspect ratio (4, 8, 16) and two sets of branched TiO2 anatase nanocrystals (in the form of open-framework sheaf-like nanorods and compact braid-like nanorod bundles, respectively) were employed to fabricate high-quality mesoporous photoelectrodes and then implemented into dye-sensitized solar cells to elucidate the intrinsic correlation holding between the photovoltaic performances and the structure of the nanocrystal building blocks. To this aim, the chemical capacitance and the charge-transfer resistance of the photoelectrodes were extrapolated from electrochemical impedance spectroscopy measurements and used to draw a quantitative energy diagram of the dye-sensitized solar cells realized, on the basis of which their photovoltaic performances have been discussed. It has thus been revealed that photoanodes made from braid-like branched-nanorod bundles exhibited the most favorable conditions to minimize recombination at the interface with the electrolyte due to their deep distribution of trap states, whereas linear-shaped nanorods with higher aspect-ratios result in more remarkable downshift of the conduction band edge.

Autore Pugliese

• Cozzoli Pantaleo Davide , Gigli Giuseppe

Tutti gli autori

• R. Agosta , R. Giannuzzi , L. De Marco , M. Manca , M.R. Belviso , P.D. Cozzoli , G. Gigli

Titolo volume/Rivista

JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY. C

Anno di pubblicazione

2013

ISSN

1932-7447

ISBN

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Numero di citazioni Wos

21

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28/04/2018

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Settori ERC

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Codici ASJC

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