Frontiers of Optoelectronics, Volume. 4, Issue 1, 53(2011)

Electrochemical analysis of dye adsorption on aligned carbon nanofiber arrays coated with TiO2 nanoneedles for dye-sensitized solar cell

Jianwei LIU1,2 and Jun LI2
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  • 1Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045, USA
  • 2Department of Chemistry, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506-3701, USA
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    An electrochemical method has been developed to analyze dye absorption on the aligned carbon nanofiber arrays coated with TiO2 nanoneedles for dyesensitized solar cell. The unique nanostructure with the roughness factor of 90.6 provides a large effective surface area for dye adsorption. The experimental results showed that the dye molecules cover 39.7% of the TiO2 surface area which influences the performance of dye-sensitized solar cell. The electrochemical method provides the information of the coverage of dye molecules which is a key issue to optimize solar cell performance.

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    Jianwei LIU, Jun LI. Electrochemical analysis of dye adsorption on aligned carbon nanofiber arrays coated with TiO2 nanoneedles for dye-sensitized solar cell[J]. Frontiers of Optoelectronics, 2011, 4(1): 53

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    Paper Information

    Received: Oct. 18, 2010

    Accepted: Dec. 30, 2010

    Published Online: Sep. 21, 2012

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    DOI:10.1007/s12200-011-0154-9

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