Hierarchical metal oxide architecture for dye-sensitized solar cells
Grant Agency
Grant Agency of the Czech Republic
Topics
Mesoscopic electrode materials.
Electrochemical conversion and accumulation of energy.
Year from
2012
Year to
2014
Project Hierarchical metal oxide architecture for dye-sensitized solar cells is focused on design, preparation, characterization and optimization of bimodal thin layers of metal oxide nanostructures on conducting support with respect to their performance as a photoanode in dye-sensitized solar cell (DSC). The hierarchical structures will be constituted as a composite of two different morphologies, incorporated one into another. First component, metal oxide nanofibres enabling a fast transport of electrons from the surface to the current collector will be in intimate contact with second one - either nanocrystals or mesoporous structure of the same metal oxide with large surface area adsorbing maximum of a dye sensitizer. Nanofibrous materials will be synthesized in a powder form by sol gel method, solid state synthesis and electrospinning, supported on a conducting substrate by doctor blading or screen printing and penetrated with nanoparticular or mesoporous metal oxide structure. Electrodes with optimal electrochemical and adsorption properties will be tested in final device (DSC).
RNDr. ZUKALOVÁ Markéta Ph.D.
Room
518
Department
Extension
3985
E-mail
marketa.zukalova
jh-inst.cas.cz
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