title: TiO(2) fibers enhance film integrity and photovoltaic performance for electrophoretically deposited dye solar cell photoanodes.
abstract: Nanoparticulated TiO(2) fibers as one-dimensional long structures were introduced into TiO(2) P25 nanoparticle films using coelectrophoretic deposition. This prevented the usual crack formation occurring in wet coatings, and resulted in less porosity and higher roughness factor of the films that provided more favorable conditions for electron transport. The films used as the photoanode of a dye solar cell (DSC) produced 65% higher photovoltaic efficiency. TiO(2) fibers can be excellent binders in single-step, organic-free electrophoretic deposition of TiO(2) for DSC photoanode.
authors.affiliation: Physics Department, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran 14588, Iran.
authors.forename: Leyla
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Shooshtari
authors.forename: Masoud
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rahman
authors.forename: Fariba
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tajabadi
authors.forename: Nima
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Taghavinia
mesh_terms: D011211:Electric Power Supplies; D004566:Electrodes; D004595:Electroplating / Q000379:methods*; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D008567:Membranes, Artificial; D012993:Solar Energy; D014025:Titanium / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D008567:Membranes, Artificial; C009495:titanium dioxide; D014025:Titanium