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Growth of nanocrystalline TiO2 films by pulsed-laser-induced liquid-deposition method and preliminary applications for dye-sensitized solar cells

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A novel technique, the pulsed-laser-induced liquid-deposition (PLLD) method, has been employed to grow nanocrystalline TiO2 films on fluorine-doped tin-oxide-coated (FTO) glass substrates at room temperature. The PLLD method was implemented by directing a pulsed laser into a liquid precursor and depositing the photosynthesized nanocrystalline TiO2 on an FTO glass substrate immersed in the liquid precursor. The as-grown nanocrystalline TiO2 films were found to have a rutile crystal structure and consist of a number of flower-like TiO2 crystal units arrayed together on the FTO glass substrate. Each of the flower-like TiO2 crystal units was composed of many nanostructured TiO2 whiskers, and their building blocks were found to be bundles of TiO2 nanorods with diameter of about 5 nm. The growth of these TiO2 nanorods is highly anisotropic, with the preferential growth direction along [001]. As-grown nanocrystalline TiO2 films were annealed at 450°C in air for 30 min for the applications of dye-sensitized solar cells, and the nanostructured characteristics with good porosity were preserved after annealing. A preliminary dye-sensitized solar cell was built based on the annealed nanocrystalline TiO2 film. The results suggest that the PLLD method is a promising technique for growing nanocrystalline TiO2 films for photovoltaic applications.

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    Guo-Bing Wang, Min-Gong Fu, Guo-Ping Du, Li Li, Xiao-Mei Qin & Wang-Zhou Shi

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Wang, GB., Fu, MG., Lu, B. et al. Growth of nanocrystalline TiO2 films by pulsed-laser-induced liquid-deposition method and preliminary applications for dye-sensitized solar cells. Appl. Phys. A 100, 1169–1176 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-010-5731-z

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