Issue 38, 2013
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An over 10% enhancement of dye-sensitized solar cell efficiency by tuning nanoparticle packing†‡

Xiao Li Zhang,*a   Fuzhi Huang,b   Yang Chen,b   Yi-Bing Cheng*b  and  Rose Amal*a  

* Corresponding authors

a ARC Centre of Excellence for Functional Nanomaterials, School of Chemical Engineering, The University of New South Wales, Kensington, Sydney 2052, Australia
E-mail: xiaolizhang.z@gmail.com, r.amal@unsw.edu.au

b Department of Materials Engineering, Monash University, Clayton, Melbourne 2052, Australia
E-mail: yibing.cheng@monash.edu

Abstract

Tuning the packing of materials in electrode films enabled highly efficient charge transport and a slowdown in recombination that were witnessed by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS). When used in dye-sensitized solar cell preparation, this led to significant enhancements of the overall solar power conversion efficiency by up to 11.7%.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C3RA42418A
Article type
Communication
Submitted
15 May 2013
Accepted
22 Jul 2013
First published
23 Jul 2013

RSC Adv., 2013,3, 17003-17006

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An over 10% enhancement of dye-sensitized solar cell efficiency by tuning nanoparticle packing

X. L. Zhang, F. Huang, Y. Chen, Y. Cheng and R. Amal, RSC Adv., 2013, 3, 17003 DOI: 10.1039/C3RA42418A

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