title: Enhancing the photoelectrical performance of dye-sensitized solar cells using TiO2:Eu3+ nanorods.
abstract: TiO(2):Eu(3+) nanorods are hydrothermally grown and used to fabricate a bilayer film electrode in a dye-sensitized solar cell. A light-to-electrical energy conversion efficiency of 8.0% and a quantum efficiency of 93.7% (at 575 nm) is achieved in this solar cell. The high efficiency is due to the improvement of ultraviolet light harvesting via a down-conversion luminescence process by the Eu(3+) ion and the increase of light scattering by one-dimensional TiO(2).
authors.affiliation: Engineering Research Center of Environment-Friendly Functional Materials, Ministry of Education, Huaqiao University, Quanzhou, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Hoda
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hafez
authors.forename: Jihuai
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authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Zhang
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Lan
authors.forename: Qinghua
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authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Guixiang
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authors.lastname: Xie
authors.forename: Jianming
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authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Miaoliang
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Yunfang
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authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Abdel-Mottaleb