Apparatus-dependent sol-gel synthesis of TiO2 nanoparticles for dye-sensitized solar cells. Issue 3 (1st February 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Bansal, Jyoti; Swami, Sanjay Kumar; Singh, Akanksha; Sarao, Tarnija; Dutta, Viresh; Hafiz, A. K.; Sharma, Shailesh Narain
• Is Part Of: Journal of dispersion science and technology. Volume 42:Issue 3(2021)
• Page Start: 432
• Page End: 439
• Publication Date: 2021-02-01
• Subjects: TiO2 -- sol-gel -- nanoparticles -- dye-sensitized solar cells; Emulsions -- Periodicals; Suspensions (Chemistry) -- Periodicals; Emulsions; Suspensions; 541.34
• DOI: 10.1080/01932691.2019.1699427
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0193-2691

Abstract

Abstract: Synthesis of titanium dioxide nanoparticles (TiO2 NPs) has been done by sol-gel-hydrothermal colloidal route in two different apparatus; one being simple stainless steel (named as TiO2 -B) and other being at constant temperature and pressure autoclave (named as TiO2 -W). These TiO2 NPs were investigated by various characterization techniques such as scanning electron microscope (SEM), X-ray diffractometer (XRD), and photoluminescence spectrophotometer. Also, it was observed that the quality of the synthesized TiO2 -W NPs is comparable with the commercial TiO2 NPs (TiO2 -C), whereas the cost of synthesis is almost reduced to half. The synthesized TiO2 NPs are used as the photoanode in dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC). DSSC with TiO2 -W showed better power conversion efficiency as compared to DSSC with TiO2 -B. Graphical Abstract: