Cubic CeO2 nanoparticles as mirror-like scattering layers for efficient light harvesting in dye-sensitized solar cells

Hua Yu; Yang Bai; Xu Zong; Fengqiu Tang; G. Q. Max Lu; Lianzhou Wang

doi:10.1039/C2CC32239K

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Cubic CeO₂nanoparticles as mirror-like scattering layers for efficient light harvesting in dye-sensitized solar cells†

Hua Yu,^a Yang Bai,^a Xu Zong,^a Fengqiu Tang,^a G. Q. Max Lu^a and Lianzhou Wang*^a

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^a ARC Centre of Excellence for Functional Nanomaterials, School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Queensland, Australia
E-mail: l.wang@uq.edu.au
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Abstract

A new type of bilayered photoanodes with cubic CeO₂ nanoparticles as mirror-like scattering thin layers was prepared via a screen-printing technique for dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). The light harvesting efficiency was significantly enhanced due to the mirror-like light scattering effect, resulting in noticeable ∼17.8% improvement of light-to-electric conversion efficiency.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C2CC32239K
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 28 Mar 2012
Accepted: 02 Jun 2012
First published: 08 Jun 2012

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Chem. Commun., 2012,48, 7386-7388

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Cubic CeO₂ nanoparticles as mirror-like scattering layers for efficient light harvesting in dye-sensitized solar cells

H. Yu, Y. Bai, X. Zong, F. Tang, G. Q. M. Lu and L. Wang, Chem. Commun., 2012, 48, 7386 DOI: 10.1039/C2CC32239K

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