Enhanced performance of dye-sensitized solar cells based on meso/macroporous phosphotungstic acid/TiO2 photoanodes

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A hierarchically meso/macroporous phosphotungstic acid/TiO2 (HPW/TiO2) composite has been synthesized and introduced into the photoanode of dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). The performance of the cell with hierarchically HPW/TiO2 modified photoanode was enhanced compared to the pristine P25 cell. When the mass percentage of HPW/TiO2 is 15 wt% in the photoanode, an increase of 28.2% improvement in the conversion efficiency are obtained. The interfacial layer modified by HPW can retard the recombination of electrons and broad the absorption to the visible region; the introduction of hierarchically porous structure in the photoanode can increase light scattering and dye adsorption. All these merits are responsible for an efficient enhancement in energy conversion efficiency.

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This work was financially supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (51472034 and 61106127), Doctoral Scientific Research Startup Foundation of Yangtze University (YU)(801090010137).

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.College of Chemistry and Environmental EngineeringYangtze UniversityJingzhouPeople’s Republic of China
  2. 2.School of Physics and Optoelectronic EngineeringYangtze UniversityJingzhouPeople’s Republic of China
  3. 3.State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and ProcessingWuhan University of TechnologyWuhanPeople’s Republic of China

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