Proceedings of the 2016 6th International Conference on Machinery, Materials, Environment, Biotechnology and Computer

Construction of g-C3N4/Ag/TiO2 composite microspheres with enhanced photoelectric performance in dye-sensitized solar cells

Authors
Haoran Yan, Guoqiang Yang, Jianxin Wang, Bo Feng, Ke Duan, Jie Weng
Corresponding Author
Haoran Yan
Available Online June 2016.
DOI
10.2991/mmebc-16.2016.173How to use a DOI?
Keywords
DSSCs, g-C3N4, TiO2 microspheres, Ag, photoelectric conversion efficiency
Abstract

In the present work, a novel heterostructured dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) was fabricated by using simple spin-coating steps. g-C3N4 and Ag modified TiO2 microspheres were used as the photoanode materials. The aim of this study was to modify TiO2 microspheres by using g-C3N4 so as to retard the recombination of electron-holes and in turn to improve the photoelectric conversion ef ciency (PCE) of DSSCs. Additionally, Ag nanoparticles were photodeposited as the interlayer between g-C3N4 and the surface of TiO2 microspheres to increase visible-light absorption via the surface plasmon resonance, so as to further improve the PCE of DSSCs. The experimental results showed that the performance of DSSCs was obviously improved after modified by g-C3N4 and Ag.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2016 6th International Conference on Machinery, Materials, Environment, Biotechnology and Computer
Series
Advances in Engineering Research
Publication Date
June 2016
ISBN
978-94-6252-210-7
ISSN
2352-5401
DOI
10.2991/mmebc-16.2016.173How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2016, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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