• 공업화학
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• 제22권5호
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• pp.461-466
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• 2011

본 연구에서는 염료감응형 태양전지의 효율을 향상시키기 위하여 여러 조건에서 $TiO_2$에 불소를 도핑한 후 이를 이용하여 광전극을 제조하고 그 전기화학적 특성을 평가하였다. 불소 도핑된 $TiO_2$를 이용하여 제조된 염료감응형 태양전지의 에너지 전환 효율을 전류-전압 곡선을 통하여 계산하였다. $TiO_2$ 광전극을 불소 도핑함으로써 에너지 전환 효율이 최대 3배 이상 향상되었다. 이와 같은 결과는 불소 도핑 후 에너지 준위가 감소된 $TiOF_2$가 $TiO_2$와 혼재됨으로써 광전극 내에 용이한 전자 전달이 가능하고 이로 인하여 염료 감응형 태양전지의 효율이 향상된 것으로 여겨진다. 이는 IMPS (intensity-modulated photocurrent spectroscopy) 및 IMVS (intensity-modulated photovoltage spectroscopy) 분석에서도 불소가 도핑됨으로써 전자 전달이 빨라지고, 전자 재결합은 느려지는 결과를 확인할 수 있었다.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2014년도 제46회 동계 정기학술대회 초록집
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• pp.463-463
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• 2014

Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) have generated a strong interest in the development of solid-state devices owing to their low cost and simple preparation procedures. Effort has been devoted to the study of electrolytes that allow light-to-electrical power conversion for DSSC applications. Several attempts have been made to substitute the liquid electrolyte in the original solar cells by using (2,2',7,7'-tetrakis (N,N-di-p-methoxyphenylamine)-9-9'-spirobi-fluorene (spiro-OMeTAD) that act as hole conductor [1]. Although efficiencies above 3% have been reached by several groups, here the major challenging is limited photoelectrode thickness ($2{\mu}m$), which is very low due to electron diffusion length (Ln) for spiro-OMeTAD ($4.4{\mu}m$) [2]. In principle, the $TiO_2$ layer can be thicker than had been thought previously. This has important implications for the design of high-efficiency solid-state DSSCs. In the present study, we have fabricated 3-D Transparent Conducting Oxide (TCO) by growing tin-doped indium oxide (ITO) nanowire (NWs) arrays via a vapor transport method [3] and mesoporous $TiO_2$ nanoparticle (NP)-based photoelectrodes were prepared using doctor blade method. Finally optimized light-harvesting solid-state DSSCs is made using 3-D TCO where electron life time is controlled the recombination rate through fast charge collection and also ITO NWs length can be controlled in the range of over $2{\mu}m$ and has been characterized using field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM). Structural analyses by high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) and X-Ray diffraction (XRD) results reveal that the ITO NWs formed single crystal oriented [100] direction. Also to compare the charge collection properties of conventional NPs based solid-state DSSCs with ITO NWs based solid-state DSSCs, we have studied intensity modulated photovoltage spectroscopy (IMVS), intensity modulated photocurrent spectroscopy (IMPS) and transient open circuit voltages. As a result, above $4{\mu}m$ thick ITO NWs based photoelectrodes with Z907 dye shown the best performing device, exhibiting a short-circuit current density of 7.21 mA cm-2 under simulated solar emission of 100 mW cm-2 associated with an overall power conversion efficiency of 2.80 %. Finally, we achieved the efficiency of 7.5% by applying a CH3NH3PbI3 perovskite sensitizer.