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Study on the Performance of Zn,N/TiO2 Anode Film and Co-Sensitization in DSSC

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Zn,N-TiO2 powder was prepared using TiCl4 as the precursor. XRD, TEM and CV characterizations show Zn,N have been doped into nano-crystal TiO2 successfully, and the absorbance range of TiO2 anode red-shift to the visible region. Zn,N doped-TiO2 anode film was first prepared by combined technology. Ultraviolet–Visible (UV–Vis) chararterization proved there is a complementarity in UV–Vis absorbance range between poly (3-dodecylthiophene) (P3DDT) and N719. Solar cell based on Zn,N-TiO2 was first co-sensitized by P3DDT and N719. A solar-to-electric energy conversion efficiency of 3.25% was attained with the system. The photoelectric conversion efficiency, Voc and Jsc have been all increased compare to the single dye-sensitized solar cell.

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This work was supported by the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (863 Program) under grant no. 2006AA03z412, the Department of Education Research Project of Hainan under grant no. Hj2010-52, the Scientific Research Foundation of Graduate School of Beijing University of Chemical and Technology no. 09Si005, the Key Science Planning Program of Hainan under grant no. ZDXM20100062 and the National High Technology Research and Development Program of Hainan under grant no. 509013.

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    Jingchang Zhang, Chengyu Fu & Weiliang Cao

  2. Hainan Institute of Science and Technology, Haikou, 571126, China

    Jingchang Zhang, Xiuying Yang & Weiliang Cao

  3. BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd., Beijing, 100029, China

    Chengyu Fu

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Zhang, J., Fu, C., Yang, X. et al. Study on the Performance of Zn,N/TiO2 Anode Film and Co-Sensitization in DSSC. J Inorg Organomet Polym 21, 43–49 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10904-010-9416-z

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