The structural morphology, arrangement of the nanocrystalline particles, porosity factor, surface state, crystalline phase and specific area of photoelectrode film have great influence on photoelectric performance of dye sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). At present, using TiO2 as the photoelectrode in the DSSC material has achieved very good photoelectric conversion efficiency. In this paper, the plating method is adopted to directly deposited the titanium coating on the conductive glass substrate, oxidizing the surface of titanium film, so that it is generated on the surface of titanium dioxide oxidation layer. Making it as the DSSC photoelectrode, obtained relative high photoelectric conversion efficiency.
Rare earth ion-doped nanoparticles NaYF4:Yb3+,Ho3+ is one of the most efficient up-conversion nanosystems, when mixing a TiO2 heterogeneous layer outside can extends the range of NaYF4:Yb3+,Ho3+ nanoparticles absorb solar energy. In this work, a multi-functional mixed NaYF4:Yb3+,Ho3+-TiO2 structure was synthesized. The micromorphology, structure and particle size of the up-converting nanoparticles were characterized by transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and room temperature up-conversion luminescence (UCL) spectrofluorimetric measurements. The mixture of NaYF4:Yb3+,Ho3+ and TiO2 nanoparticles was applied to Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs), the photoelectric conversion efficiency of the DSSC with up-conversion material is nearly twice as much as of the control DSSC irradiated by infrared (IR) light.
Upconversion NaYF4:Yb3+Er3+@TiO2 are synthesized and used to compose the photoelectrode (PE) of dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). The morphology, structure, photoluminescence characterization of the NaYF4:Yb3+, Er@TiO2 and the photoelectric performance, alternating current impedance spectroscopy of DSSCs are characterized using transmission electron microscopy, CHI660C electrochemical analyzer, 720 nm long wave pass filter, the infrared laser light, upconversion spectra. Comparing the output power of the DSSC with upconversion performance at different annealing temperatures, the DSSCs under annealing temperature (330°C) show a better photovoltaic efficiency.
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