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Enhancement of light-harvesting efficiency of dye-sensitized solar cells via forming TiO2 composite double layers with down/up converting phosphor dispersion

Mi Ja Lim,a   You Na Ko,b   Yun Chan Kangb  and  Kyeong Youl Jung*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemical Engineering, Kongju National University, 1223-24 Cheonan-Daero, Seobuk-gu, Cheonan, Chungnam 331-717, Republic of Korea
E-mail: kyjung@kongju.ac.kr

b Department of Chemical Engineering, Konkuk University, 1 Hwayang-dong, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul 143-701, Republic of Korea

Abstract

The light-conversion efficiency of dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) was improved about 13.5% and 6.0% by dispersing a down-conversion phosphor (DCP) and an up-conversion phosphor (UCP) in a TiO2 layer, respectively. Also, further improvement in the efficiency could be achieved by forming DCP/UCP/TiO2 double composite layers (η = 8.88%), which is about 21% higher than that of the cell (η = 7.36%) without the phosphor dispersion.

Graphical abstract: Enhancement of light-harvesting efficiency of dye-sensitized solar cells via forming TiO2 composite double layers with down/up converting phosphor dispersion

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C3RA47310D
Article type
Communication
Submitted
04 Dec 2013
Accepted
31 Jan 2014
First published
03 Feb 2014

RSC Adv., 2014,4, 10039-10042

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Enhancement of light-harvesting efficiency of dye-sensitized solar cells via forming TiO2 composite double layers with down/up converting phosphor dispersion

M. J. Lim, Y. N. Ko, Y. Chan Kang and K. Y. Jung, RSC Adv., 2014, 4, 10039 DOI: 10.1039/C3RA47310D

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