title: Economically applicable Ti(2)O(3) decorated m-aminophenol-formaldehyde resin microspheres for dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs).
abstract: In this present study, we focus on economically applicable polymeric material as photo-anode for dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). Water droplets on grass like Ti2O3decorated m-aminophenol-formaldehyde resin microspheres (mAPFR@Ti2O3) synthesized by surfactant-free and template-free hydrothermal method. The synthesized mAPFR@Ti2O3material morphology was characterized by field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). From that results, it was found in uniform arrangements with excellent thermal stability. As we know from the literature we are the first to report the mechanism about mAPFR microspheres formations. Owing to the low temperature processing, cheap cost and easy preparation in this current study we propose to use mAPFR@Ti2O3microspheres as an active material for the preparation of doped photo-anode in DSSCs exhibited the short-circuit photocurrent density (Jsc) of 18.14mAcm-2, open circuit voltage (Voc) of 0.70V, fill factor (FF) of 0.62, power conversion efficiency is 7.90% which is 84% greater than that of DSSCs with conventional TiO2electrode.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, National Taipei University of Technology, No. 1, Section 3, Chung-Hsiao East Road, Taipei 106, Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: Ragu
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sasikumar
authors.affiliation: Institute of Organic and Polymeric Materials, National Taipei University of Technology, No. 1, Section 3, Chung-Hsiao East Road, Taipei 106, Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: Palraj
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ranganathan
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, National Taipei University of Technology, No. 1, Section 3, Chung-Hsiao East Road, Taipei 106, Taiwan, ROC. Electronic address: smchen78@ms15.hinet.net.
authors.forename: Shen-Ming
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Institute of Organic and Polymeric Materials, National Taipei University of Technology, No. 1, Section 3, Chung-Hsiao East Road, Taipei 106, Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: Pedaballi
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sireesha
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, National Taipei University of Technology, No. 1, Section 3, Chung-Hsiao East Road, Taipei 106, Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: Tse-Wei
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei 10617, Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: Pitchaimani
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Veerakumar
authors.affiliation: Institute of Organic and Polymeric Materials, National Taipei University of Technology, No. 1, Section 3, Chung-Hsiao East Road, Taipei 106, Taiwan, ROC. Electronic address: f10714@ntut.edu.tw.
authors.forename: Syang-Peng
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Rwei
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Sri S. Ramasamy Naidu Memorial College, Sattur, Virudhunagar District, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: Thavuduraj
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kavitha
keywords: DSSCs; Formaldehyde; Incident photon-to-current efficiency; Microspheres; TiO(2); m-Aminophenol