title: Y3Al5O12:Ce phosphors as a scattering layer for high-efficiency dye sensitized solar cells.
abstract: Y(3)Al(5)O(12):Ce phosphors have been prepared and used as an effective scattering layer on top of a transparent layer of nanocrystalline TiO(2) for dye sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). The Y(3)Al(5)O(12):Ce scattering layer increases the photocurrent of DSSCs due to the enhanced light harvesting mainly via the improved light absorption and scattering. Under one sun illumination (AM 1.5G, 100 mW cm(-2)), a high efficiency of 7.91% was achieved for the cell with a Y(3)Al(5)O(12):Ce scattering layer, which is an increase of 13.5% compared to the cell without a scattering layer (6.97%).
authors: Engineering Research Center for Nanophotonics & Advanced Instrument, Ministry of Education, Department of Physics, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China.
authors: Guang
authors: G
authors: Zhu
authors: Xiaojun
authors: X
authors: Wang
authors: Huili
authors: H
authors: Li
authors: Likun
authors: L
authors: Pan
authors: Hengchao
authors: H
authors: Sun
authors: Xinjuan
authors: X
authors: Liu
authors: Tian
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authors: Lv
authors: Zhuo
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authors: Sun