The effect of SiO2 Opal periodicity on the photoelectric performance of TiO2 dye-sensitized solar cell

doi:10.16085/j.issn.1000-6613.2017.03.015

Abstract

Abstract:

The effect of photonic-crystals (PC) periodicity on the photoelectric performance of dye-sensitized solar cells was studied. The anodes of solar cells was the N719 dye-sensitized nanocrystalline TiO₂ film which was coupled with one layer of SiO₂ Opal PC with different periodicity. The periodicity of SiO₂ PC was controlled by the concentration of silica suspension in vertical deposition. It was shown that the Short circuit current density(I_SC) and the energy conversion efficiency(Eff) of the DSSC increased with the SiO₂ PCs periodicity. When the SiO₂ Opal increased to 20 layers,compared with reference film,I_SC and Eff increased by 91% and 164%,respectively. The results of IPCE analysis indicated that the improved performance of DSSCs was mainly attributed to the enhanced light-harvest of the N719 dye near 530nm by the light reflection at photonic band gap and photon localization of SiO₂ Opal. The Photonic crystal can effectively improve the light-harvest at the photonic band gap. The more the periodicity of the PC is,the stronger the effect of its photon localization is.

Key words: silica, solar energy, nanomaterials, SiO₂ Opal photonic crystals, periodicity, nanocrystalline TiO₂, dye-sensitized solar cells

摘要：

通过在N719敏化的纳米晶二氧化钛膜上耦合SiO₂ Opal光子晶体，以此复合膜为光阳极，以敏化二氧化钛与无序SiO₂的复合膜为参比膜，考察了SiO₂ Opal光子晶体结构周期数对电池光电性能的影响。SiO₂ Opal光子晶体的结构周期数由制备光子晶体时的沉积液浓度控制。实验结果表明复合光子晶体后，电池的短路电流密度I_SC和能量转化效率Eff明显提高，且光子晶体周期数越多，提高率越大，当SiO₂ Opal结构周期数增加至20层时，I_SC和Eff与参比膜相比分别增加了91%和164%。IPCE分析表明光电性能提高的原因在于当光子晶体带隙与N719吸收峰重合时，利用光子带隙反射与光局域效应可提高N719对波长530nm光的吸收率。即光子晶体可有效提高吸光材料在光子带隙处的吸光率，且随着光子周期数增加，提升效果越显著。

关键词: 二氧化硅, 太阳能, 纳米材料, SiO₂ Opal光子晶体, 结构周期数, 纳米晶TiO₂, 染料敏化电池

CLC Number:

O6-1

LI Ping, XU Jiao, CHEN Shengli, WANG Aijun, ZHU Huili, WANG Yuan. The effect of SiO₂ Opal periodicity on the photoelectric performance of TiO₂ dye-sensitized solar cell[J]. Chemical Industry and Engineering Progress, 2017, 36(03): 881-886.

李萍, 徐交, 陈胜利, 王爱军, 朱慧丽, 王媛. SiO₂ Opal光子晶体结构周期数对TiO₂染料敏化太阳能电池光电性能的影响[J]. 化工进展, 2017, 36(03): 881-886.

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The effect of SiO₂ Opal periodicity on the photoelectric performance of TiO₂ dye-sensitized solar cell

SiO₂ Opal光子晶体结构周期数对TiO₂染料敏化太阳能电池光电性能的影响

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