NDLI: Swift sol–gel synthesis of mesoporous anatase-rich TiO$_{2}$ aggregates via microwave and a lyophilization approach for improved light scattering in DSSCs

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Author	Joshi, Dhavakumar N. Sudhakar, S. Nair, Radhika V. Arun Prasath, R.
Copyright Year	2016
Abstract	TiO$_{2}$ aggregates (TAs) were prepared via combination of facile ‘microwave assisted sol–gel synthesis’ and ‘lyophilization based extraction.’ The rapid hydrolysis followed by peptization of titanium iso-propoxide was carried out under microwave irradiation to form TiO$_{2}$ hydrosol at temperature as low as 90 °C in just 10 min. Further, lyophilization of the as-synthesized TiO$_{2}$ hydrosol resulted in the formation of loosely packed TAs. The X-ray diffraction and Raman analysis confirmed the crystallinity of TAs with predominant anatase phase. The transmission electron microscopy images of TAs revealed the interlinked aggregated structure of ~10-nm-sized TiO$_{2}$ nanoparticles. The scanning electron microscopy images further confirmed the agglomerated structure of TAs with the size ranging from 500 to 1000 nm, which composed of several TiO$_{2}$ nanoparticles. In addition, the Brunauer–Emmett–Teller (BET) analysis of TAs revealed its mesoporous structure and high specific surface area of 95 m$^{2}$/g. The photoanode films fabricated with TAs proved for its better dye intake and superior light scattering owing to its high surface area and comparable size with incident wavelength, respectively, which in turn significantly improves the light-harvesting ability. In comparison with standard P25 nanoparticle-based DSSCs, short circuit photocurrent density (J $_{sc}$) and photoconversion efficiency of TA-based DSSCs showed improvement up to ~35 % under simulated AM1.5 G illumination (100 mW/cm$^{2}$).
Starting Page	2308
Ending Page	2318
Page Count	11
File Format	PDF
ISSN	00222461
Journal	Journal of Materials Science
Volume Number	52
Issue Number	4
e-ISSN	15734803
Language	English
Publisher	Springer US
Publisher Date	2016-11-01
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Materials Science Characterization and Evaluation of Materials Polymer Sciences Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials Crystallography and Scattering Methods Classical Mechanics
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Ceramics and Composites Mechanics of Materials Mechanical Engineering Polymers and Plastics

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