Tunable Fabrication of TiO2 Nanotube Arrays with High Aspect Ratio and its Application in Dye Sensitized Solar Cell

doi:10.3724/SP.J.1077.2009.00897

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Abstract: TiO₂ nanotube arrays were fabricated by anodization of titanium foils in the viscous nonaqueous electrolytes. Effects of anodization parameters on TiO₂ nanotube were intensively studied. The photo-electrochemical property of dye sensitized solar cell (DSSC) based on TiO₂ nanotube arrays was tested and the influence of TiO₂ nanotube morphology on the performance of DSSC was investigated. The result indicates that the growth of TiO₂ nanotube arrays with high aspect ratio depends highly on the nonaqueous solution which is enhanced by the applied potential and anodizing time. TiO₂ nanotube arrays with aspect ratio up to 313.6 are fabricated in 0.5wt%NH4F in glycerol glycol at 50V for 17h. DSSC based on TiO₂ nanotube arrays (fabricated in 0.5wt%NH₄F in glycerol at 40V for 13h)exhibits an open circuit potential of 0.723V, 2.15mA/cm² short circuit current density.

Key words: TiO₂ nanotube arrays, high aspect ratio, dye sensitized solar cell

CLC Number:

O646

WU Cong-Cong,ZHUO Yan-Jun,ZHU Pei-Ning,CHI Bo,PU Jian,LI Jian. Tunable Fabrication of TiO₂ Nanotube Arrays with High Aspect Ratio
and its Application in Dye Sensitized Solar Cell[J]. Journal of Inorganic Materials, DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1077.2009.00897.

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Tunable Fabrication of TiO₂ Nanotube Arrays with High Aspect Ratio
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