Open AccessImprovement in Performance of ZnO based DSC Prepared by Spraying Method
Author(s) -
Rangga Winantyo,
Devinda Liyanage,
Kenji Murakami
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
makara seri teknologi
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1693-6698
DOI - 10.7454/mst.v17i2.1950
Subject(s) - nanocrystalline material , materials science , chemical engineering , corrosion , thin film , photocatalysis , oxide , zinc , nanotechnology , metallurgy , chemistry , catalysis , biochemistry , engineering
This paper reports the effect of TiCl4 on the performance of ZnO based DSC. ZnO was used due to its stability against photo-corrosion and photochemical properties similar to TiO2. Thin films of nanocrystalline ZnO were deposited on transparent conducting oxide glass using spray method. The ZnO films were treated using TiCl4. The cell’s efficiency was found to be 2.5% with TiCl4 post-treatment and 1.9% without TiCl4post-treatment