Improvement in the photovoltaic performance of a dye-sensitized solar cell by the addition of CeO2:Gd nanoparticles in the photoanode

Md Ashraf Hossain; Changjin Son; Sangwoo Lim

doi:10.1016/j.jiec.2018.05.015

Improvement in the photovoltaic performance of a dye-sensitized solar cell by the addition of CeO₂:Gd nanoparticles in the photoanode

Md Ashraf Hossain, Changjin Son, Sangwoo Lim

Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

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Abstract

TiO₂/CeO₂:Gd photoanodes with different concentrations of CeO₂:Gd were fabricated to improve the photoconversion efficiency of a dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC). The CeO₂:Gd nanoparticle-based DSSC showed a photoconversion efficiency of 8.03% with an improvement of 45% compared to that of the conventional TiO₂ nanoparticle-based DSSC due to the increased diffuse reflectance of visible light. The TiO₂/CeO₂:Gd photoanode had higher charge transfer resistance than conventional TiO₂ nanoparticle-based photoanode. It is suggested that the improvement in the conversion efficiency results from the enhanced highly favored light scattering and downconversion photoluminescence of the CeO₂:Gd nanoparticles.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	418-422
Number of pages	5
Journal	Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry
Volume	65
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jiec.2018.05.015
Publication status	Published - 2018 Sept 25

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Funding Information:
This work was supported by the BK21 Plus program, funded by the Korean Government. This research was supported by the Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education (NRF-2016R1D1A1B03936347).

Funding Information:
This work was supported by the BK21 Plus program, funded by the Korean Government . This research was supported by the Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education ( NRF-2016R1D1A1B03936347 ).

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© 2018 The Korean Society of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry

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