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Cubic BaTiO3 (C-BT) and tetragonal BaTiO3 (T1-BT) nanoparticles were prepared by a solvothermal method with controlling the Ba/Ti precursor ratio. Triethanolamine was additionally employed in the synthesis to obtain ferroelectric BaTiO3 with improved particle size distribution and tetragonality (T2-BT). The prepared nanoparticles were thoroughly characterized by scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, Brunauer-Emmett-Teller analysis, X-ray diffraction, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy, photoluminescence, and second-harmonic generation. Importantly, the BaTiO3 nanoparticles were introduced into the scattering layer of dye-sensitized solar cells and T2-BT showed better power conversion efficiency than C-BT and T1-BT.
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Jin, M.H., Shin, E., Jin, S. et al. Solvothermal Synthesis of Ferroelectric BaTiO3 Nanoparticles and Their Application to Dye-sensitized Solar Cells. J. Korean Phys. Soc. 73, 627–631 (2018). https://doi.org/10.3938/jkps.73.627
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