title: A TiO2 Nanofiber-Carbon Nanotube-Composite Photoanode for Improved Efficiency in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells.
abstract: A light-scattering layer fabricated from electrospun titanium dioxide nanofibers (TiO2 -NFs) and single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) formed a fiber-based photoanode. The nanocomposite scattering layer had a lawn-like structure and integration of carbon nanotubes into the NF photoanodes increased the power conversion efficiency from 2.9 % to 4.8 % under 1 Sun illumination. Under reduced light intensity (0.25 Sun), TiO2 -NF and TiO2 -NF/SWCNT-based DSSCs reached PCE values of up to 3.7 % and 6.6 %, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Ian Wark Research Institute, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes, SA, 5095, Australia.
authors.forename: Thomas J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Macdonald
authors.affiliation: Institute of Nanotechnology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, 76344, Germany.|School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, 5042, Australia.
authors.forename: Daniel D
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Tune
authors.affiliation: Ian Wark Research Institute, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes, SA, 5095, Australia.
authors.forename: Melissa R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Dewi
authors.affiliation: School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, 5042, Australia.
authors.forename: Christopher T
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Gibson
authors.affiliation: School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, 5042, Australia.
authors.forename: Joseph G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Shapter
authors.affiliation: Ian Wark Research Institute, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes, SA, 5095, Australia. thomas.nann@vuw.ac.nz.
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nann
mesh_terms: D004396:Coloring Agents / Q000737:chemistry; D011211:Electric Power Supplies; D004566:Electrodes; D053761:Nanocomposites / Q000737:chemistry*; D057139:Nanofibers / Q000737:chemistry*; D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon / Q000737:chemistry*; D012993:Solar Energy; D013472:Sunlight; D014025:Titanium / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D004396:Coloring Agents; D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon; C009495:titanium dioxide; D014025:Titanium
keywords: dye-sensitized solar cells; energy conversion; nanofibers; nanotubes; titanium