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Recent progress in electrospinning TiO 2 nanostructured photo‐anode of dye‐sensitized solar cells
Author(s) -
Wan Tingting,
Ramakrishna Seeram,
Liu Yong
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of applied polymer science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.575
H-Index - 166
eISSN - 1097-4628
pISSN - 0021-8995
DOI - 10.1002/app.45649
Subject(s) - anode , electrospinning , materials science , dye sensitized solar cell , doping , nanotechnology , photoelectric effect , chemical engineering , composite number , optoelectronics , composite material , electrolyte , electrode , chemistry , polymer , engineering
The key to improving the performance of dye‐sensitized solar cells is the photo‐anode that has much dye adsorption and short optoelectronic transmission path. Electrospun TiO 2 films in photo‐anode have high specific surface area and meet the demand exactly. The article summarizes these efforts in TiO 2 photo‐anode improvement, including various morphology, different one‐dimensional and two‐dimensional composite structure, and varied element doped TiO 2 photo‐anode. Besides, the review makes comparison with these different TiO 2 photo‐anodes in photoelectric properties. The conclusions provide a clear guidance in design of morphology, structure, and doping, which is helpful for researcher to improve the performance of the anode and increase the photoelectric conversion efficiency especially those prepared using electrospinning. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2018 , 135 , 45649.