Review on nanostructured photoelectrodes for dye-sensitized solar cells

Document Type : Review paper

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Department of organic colorants, Institute for Color Science and Technology

Abstract

hotoelectrodes are one of the major components of the dye sensitized solar cells that their role is electrons transport. The nanostructured photoelectrodes can be classified into: 1) nanoparticles with high surface area, 2) 1D nanostructures such as nanotubes and nanowires, 3) 3D photoelectrodes that combine large and small nano particles, 4) 3D photoelectrode and 5) hybrid TiO2/graphene nanostructures. Two important properties of photoelectrodesare high surface area and maximum loading dyes that have direct effect on performance of dye-sensitized solar cells. This review briefly discuses phoelectrodes for dye-sensitized solar cell.
 

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