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PF127 aided preparation of super-porous TiO2 film used in highly efficient quasi-solid-state dye-sensitized solar cell

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The super-porous TiO2 film is prepared with the block copolymer Pluronic F-127 as porous template. Comparing with the commonly used meso-porous TiO2 film prepared with Polyethylene glycol 20,000 as pore former, the super-porous TiO2 film shows higher photovoltaic performance when integrated it into polymer gel electrolyte based quasi-solid-state dye-sensitized solar cell (QS-DSSC). The enhanced dye adsorption, light scattering properties of the super-porous TiO2 film improve the utilization efficiency of sun light to be converted to electricity. Moreover, the special microstructures of the super-porous TiO2 film also makes for the deep penetration of polymer gel electrolyte into the dye-coated TiO2 film, which is the prerequisite for highly photovoltaic performance of polymer gel electrolyte-based dye-sensitized solar cell. So it presents a feasible way to enhance the photovoltaic performance of QS-DSSC.

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The authors would like to acknowledge the support of the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (No. 2009AA03Z217), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 50572030, 50842027), and the Natural Science Foundation of Hua Qiao University (No. 09BS401).

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  1. The Engineering Research Center of Environment-Friendly Functional Materials, Ministry of Education, Quanzhou, China

    Zhang Lan, Jihuai Wu, Jianming Lin & Miaoliang Huang

  2. The Key Laboratory of Functional Materials for Fujian Higher Education, Institute of Materials Physical Chemistry, Huaqiao University, 362021, Quanzhou, China

    Zhang Lan, Jihuai Wu, Jianming Lin & Miaoliang Huang

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Lan, Z., Wu, J., Lin, J. et al. PF127 aided preparation of super-porous TiO2 film used in highly efficient quasi-solid-state dye-sensitized solar cell. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 21, 1000–1004 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-010-0083-1

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