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A study on the variation of dye-sensitized solar cell parameters under γ irradiation

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In this paper, we mainly studied the γ irradiation effects and damage mechanism of dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). The DSSCs were irradiated by γ irradiation at room temperature. J-V characteristics of cells showed that DSSC parameters such as short circuit current density (J sc) and maximum power density (P max) decreased significantly after irradiation. The γ irradiation effects on fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO), dye sensitizer, and anode were studied respectively to investigate the degradation of DSSC after irradiation. The Ultraviolet–visible spectra of FTO showed that the FTO transmittance decreased. The absorption peaks of dye generated a blue-shift. The X-ray diffraction measurement results indicated that the particle size of nano-crystalline TiO2 was changed after γ irradiation.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 11205088, 11505096), the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (Grant No. BK20141406, 20150735), the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions.

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  1. Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 29 Yudao St., Nanjing, 210016, China

    Min Liu, Xiaobin Tang, Yunpeng Liu, Zhiheng Xu, Hao Wang &  Da Chen

  2. Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Material and Technology for Energy Conversion Institutions, 29 Yudao St., Nanjing, 210016, China

    Xiaobin Tang, Yunpeng Liu &  Da Chen

  3. Department of Space Science and Application, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 29 Yudao St., Nanjing, 210016, China

    Meihua Fang

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Liu, M., Tang, X., Liu, Y. et al. A study on the variation of dye-sensitized solar cell parameters under γ irradiation. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 308, 631–637 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-015-4464-z

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