TITLE:
Effects of Ion Doping on the Optical Properties of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells
AUTHORS:
Di Gu, Yanji Zhu, Zhigang Xu, Nan Wang, Chuang Zhang
KEYWORDS:
Anode, Doping, Concentration of Ion Doping, Photoelectric Property
JOURNAL NAME:
Advances in Materials Physics and Chemistry,
Vol.4 No.10,
October
21,
2014
ABSTRACT: Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSC) play a leading role in the third
generation photovoltaics due to their low cost, easy fabrication process, high
conversion efficiency and good stability. As a media of dye adsorption,
electron transport, and electrolyte diffusion, the nanocrystalline
semiconductor photoanode plays a key role during light-to-electricity
conversion in DSC. This paper studies the influence of different ions doping and
different concentration of ion doping on the electrical and optical properties
of DSC, through the photoelectric property test of DSC. We learn that Zn2+ doped TiO2 photoanode is the best. At the same time there was an
optimum doping concentration which was 0.05% (mole fraction).