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Effect of acidic treatment on DSSC performance of TiO2 nanostructures

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The effects of the acidic treatment on the photovoltaic properties of the dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) were investigated. TiO2 nanostructure was prepared by chemical bath deposition method and the surface was modified by various acidic treatments like hydrochloric acid (HCl), nitric acid (HNO3), sulphuric acid (H2SO4), and acetic acid (CH3COOH). The results exhibited a significant influence of acidic treatments on structural, morphological, optical, electrochemical, and photovoltaic properties. XRD analysis confirms the formation TiO2 nanostructure electrodes. After acidic surface treatment photoconversion efficiency increases from 1.97% (for pristine electrode) to 3.23% (for acetic acid surface treatment). With respect to that electron lifetime increased from 0.34 to 0.54 ms and charge transfer resistance decreased from 25.76 Ω cm (pristine TiO2 electrode) to 17.96 Ω cm.

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  1. Department of Engineering Sciences, Ajeenkya D. Y. Patil School of Engineering, Lohegaon, Pune, Maharashtra, 412105, India

    Kailas K. Tehare

  2. Department of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT), Matunga, Mumbai, 400019, India

    Priyanka K. Bhadke

  3. Department of Physics, Baburaoji Adaskar Mahavidyalaya, Kaij, Maharashtra, 431123, India

    Sambhaji S. Bhande

  4. Department of Electronics and Biomedical Engineering and Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, University of Barcelona, 08028, Barcelona, Spain

    Sachin T. Navale

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Tehare, K.K., Bhadke, P.K., Bhande, S.S. et al. Effect of acidic treatment on DSSC performance of TiO2 nanostructures. Appl. Phys. A 129, 413 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-023-06693-z

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