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Porous BaTiO3 film for dye-sensitized solar cells

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The photovoltaic performance of dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) based on TiO2 and BaTiO3 has been studied after hydrothermal treatment of porous TiO2 film which is prepared using the screen printing method that is used as an essential component in this type of solar cell. The film of titanium dioxide and barium titanate deposited on the FTO substrate has been studied structurally using X-ray diffraction, optically using UV–Vis spectrometry, and morphology using scanning electron microscopy. The DSSC fabricated based on TiO2 and BT showed open-circuit voltage (Voc), short-circuit current density (Jsc), fill factor (FF), and efficiency is 0.61 V, 1.76 mA/cm2, 0.649, and 0.59%, and 0.61 V, 5.73 mA/cm2, 0.535, 1.87% respectively. The efficiency of the cell increased threefold when the porous titanium dioxide was hydrothermally treated and converted into barium titanate, where it was used as a photoanode. The lifetime showed a higher value in the case of using barium titanate compared to that of DSSC in which titanium dioxide was used, while the ideality factor was greater in the case of using titanium dioxide.

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All authors contributed to the current study, including a practical part, laboratory measurements, and results analysis. Material preparation, data collection, and analysis were done by Odai N. Salman, Mukhlis M. Ismail, and Mohammed O. Dawood. The first draft of the manuscript was written by Mukhlis M. Ismail and all authors have commented on previous versions of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Salman, O.N., Ismail, M.M. & Dawood, M.O. Porous BaTiO3 film for dye-sensitized solar cells. Opt Quant Electron 55, 469 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11082-023-04741-9

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