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A study on the degradation of dye-sensitized solar cells irradiated by two different dose rates of γ-rays

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This work mainly investigates the radiation effects and the damage mechanism on the dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) irradiated by two dose rates of 60Co γ-rays. Experimental results reveal that the performance of DSSC decreases significantly after irradiation, and the degradation rates of the short circuit current and the maximum power in the high dose rate both outweigh those in the low dose rate at the same adsorbed dose. The γ radiation effects on fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO) and electrolyte were also studied respectively to investigate the degradation rates of DSSC at different dose rates. The results indicate that the degradation rates are closely relative to concentration of γ irradiation-induced defect on FTO.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11675076 and 11505096), the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (Grant No. BK20150735), the Funding of Jiangsu Innovation Program for Graduate Education (Grant No. KYLX16_0354), the National Defense Basic Scientific Research Project (Grant No. JCKY2016605C006) and the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions.

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    Zhengrong Zhang, Xiaobin Tang, Yunpeng Liu, Zhiheng Xu, Kai Liu, Zicheng Yuan & Wang Chen

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

    Xiaobin Tang & Yunpeng Liu

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Zhang, Z., Tang, X., Liu, Y. et al. A study on the degradation of dye-sensitized solar cells irradiated by two different dose rates of γ-rays. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 312, 609–614 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-017-5262-6

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