• Frontiers of Optoelectronics
  • Vol. 4, Issue 1, 59 (2011)
Chang-Ryul LEE, Hui-Seon KIM, and Nam-Gyu PARK*
Author Affiliations
  • School of Chemical Engineering, Department of Energy Science, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 440-746, Korea
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    DOI: 10.1007/s12200-011-0205-2 Cite this Article
    Chang-Ryul LEE, Hui-Seon KIM, Nam-Gyu PARK. Dependence of porosity, charge recombination kinetics and photovoltaic performance on annealing condition of TiO2 films[J]. Frontiers of Optoelectronics, 2011, 4(1): 59 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Effect of annealing temperature, time of nanocrystalline TiO2 film on porosity, electron transport/recombination and photovoltaic performance on dyesensitized solar cell (DSSC) had been investigated in this article. Photocurrent density was slightly higher as annealing at 550°C compared to those of annealing at 450°C and 500°C under the given annealing time of 60 min, which was correlated with the amount of adsorbed dye. Thermogravimetric analysis showed there was a more weight loss between 500°C and 550°C, which revealed there were more sites for dye adsorption. Given the annealing temperature of 550°C, as annealing time varied from 60 to 90 and 120 min, results showed that the average size of pore and surface area decreased with longer annealing time, which deteriorated photocurrent density due to less dye loading. Electron diffusion rate remained almost unchanged regardless of annealing condition. However, electron recombination was influenced by annealing condition, it became slower with the increase of the annealing temperature under the given annealing time. In the contray, the electron recombination developed faster for the longer annealing time at a given annealing temperature. These results suggested that heat treatment of TiO2 film at 550°C for 60 min in air would be the optimal annealing condition to achieve high efficiency DSSC.
    Chang-Ryul LEE, Hui-Seon KIM, Nam-Gyu PARK. Dependence of porosity, charge recombination kinetics and photovoltaic performance on annealing condition of TiO2 films[J]. Frontiers of Optoelectronics, 2011, 4(1): 59
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