Dry-Spray Deposition of TiO2 for a Flexible Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell (DSSC) Using a Nanoparticle Deposition System (NPDS)
- Authors
- Kim, Min-Saeng; Chun, Doo-Man; Choi, Jung-Oh; Lee, Jong-Cheon; Kim, Yang Hee; Kim, Kwang-Su; Lee, Caroline Sunyong; Ahn, Sung-Hoon
- Issue Date
- Apr-2012
- Publisher
- American Scientific Publishers
- Keywords
- Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell; Nano Particle Deposition System; Dry-Spray; Double Layer Structure; Flexible Polymer
- Citation
- Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, v.12, no.4, pp 3384 - 3388
- Pages
- 5
- Indexed
- SCI
SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
- Volume
- 12
- Number
- 4
- Start Page
- 3384
- End Page
- 3388
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/erica/handle/2021.sw.erica/33132
- DOI
- 10.1166/jnn.2012.5548
- ISSN
- 1533-4880
1533-4899
- Abstract
- TiO2 powders were deposited on indium tin oxide (ITO) coated polyethylene terephthalate (PET) substrates for application to the photoelectrode of a dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC). In the conventional DSSC manufacturing process, a semiconductor oxide such as TiO2 powder requires a sintering process at higher temperature than the glass transition temperature (T-g) of polymers, and thus utilization of flexible polymer substrates in DSSC research has been constrained. To overcome this restriction related to sintering, we used a nanoparticle deposition system (NPDS) that could produce a thin coating layer through a dry-spray method under atmospheric pressure at room temperature. The powder was sprayed through a slit-type nozzle having a 0.4 x 10 mm(2) rectangular outlet. In order to determine the deposited TiO2 thickness, five kinds of TiO2 layered specimens were prepared, where the specimens have single and double layer structures. Deposited powders on the ITO coated PET substrates were observed using FE-SEM and a scan profiler The thicker TiO2 photoelectrode with a DSSC having a double layer structure showed higher energy efficiency than the single layer case. The highest fabricated flexible DSSC displayed a short circuit current density J(sc) = 1.99 mA cm(-2), open circuit voltage V-oc = 0.71 V, and energy efficiency eta = 0.94%. These results demonstrate the possibility of utilizing the dry-spray method to fabricate a TiO2 layer on flexible polymer substrates at room temperature under atmospheric pressure.
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