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Study of N–Ag–Zn/TiO2, N–Ag–Zr/TiO2 with N719 and P3OT co-sensitization effect on the performance of dye-sensitized solar cell

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Nanocrystal N–Zn/TiO2 and N–Zr/TiO2 anode films were prepared using TiCl4 as raw material and doping Zn and Zr on the N/TiO2. Furthermore, Ag was loaded on the nanocrystal N–Zn/TiO2 and N–Zr/TiO2 anode films by photodeposition technology in which AgNO3 solution was irradiated by UV light. X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, scanning electron microscope, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy measurements were performed, which show Zn are doped into TiO2 and Ag are loaded on N–Zn/TiO2 anode film successfully. The cyclic voltammetry results show that the composite dye P3OT/N719 has a higher LUMO (lowest unoccupied molecular orbital) and has a better performance of the DSSCs (dye-sensitized solar cells) based on N–Ag–Zr/TiO2 anode film. In addition, when the DSSCs assembled with anode film, the photoelectric conversion efficiency was increased to 4.11 %.

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Acknowledgments

This work was supported by the Department of Education Research Project of Hainan under Grant No. Hjkj2012-62, the Key Science Planning Program of Hainan under Grant No. ZDXM20100062, and the National High Technology Research and Development Program of Hainan under Grant No. 509013.

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  1. Hainan Institute of Science and Technology, Haikou, 571126, China

    Jingchang Zhang, Feng Zhao & Weiliang Cao

  2. Institute of Modern Catalysis, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing, 100029, China

    Jingchang Zhang, Zhiyue Han, Zhenhai Fu, Yu Wen & Weiliang Cao

  3. State Key Laboratory of Explosion Science and Technology, Beijing Institute of Technology, 5 South Zhongguancun Street, Haidian District, Beijing, 100081, China

    Zhiyue Han

  4. Key Laboratory of Salt Lake Resources and Chemistry, Qinghai Institute of Salt Lakes, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining, 810008, China

    Zhenhai Fu

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Zhang, J., Han, Z., Fu, Z. et al. Study of N–Ag–Zn/TiO2, N–Ag–Zr/TiO2 with N719 and P3OT co-sensitization effect on the performance of dye-sensitized solar cell. J Sol-Gel Sci Technol 78, 207–217 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10971-015-3912-0

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