Random Nanowires of Nickel Doped TiO2 With High Surface Area and Electron Mobility for High Efficiency Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

• Main Authors: Rajan, Jose, M. M., Yusoff, Archana, P. S., Kumar, E. Naveen, Vijila, C., Ramakrishna, S.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Royal Society of Chemistry 2013
• Subjects: QD Chemistry
• Online Access: http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/4703/1/1.pdf; http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/4703/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C2DT31775C

Mesoporous TiO(2) with a large specific surface area (~150 m(2) g(-1)) is the most successful material in dye-sensitized solar cells so far; however, its inferior charge mobility is a major efficiency limiter. This paper demonstrates that random nanowires of Ni-doped TiO(2) (Ni:TiO(2)) have a dramat...