Ni Mg mixed metal oxides for p-type dye-sensitized solar cells

Zannotti, Marco, Wood, Christopher J., Summers, Gareth H., Stevens, Lee A., Hall, Matthew R., Snape, Colin E., Giovannetti, Rita and Gibson, Elizabeth A. (2015) Ni Mg mixed metal oxides for p-type dye-sensitized solar cells. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 7 (44). pp. 24556-24565. ISSN 1944-8252

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Abstract

Mg Ni mixed metal oxide photocathodes have been prepared by a mixed NiCl2/MgCl2 sol-gel process. The MgO/NiO electrodes have been extensively characterized using physical and electrochemical methods. Dye-sensitized solar cells have been prepared from these films and the higher concentrations of MgO improved the photovoltage of these devices, however, there was a notable drop in photocurrent with increasing Mg2+. Charge extraction and XPS experiments revealed that the cause of this was a positive shift in the energy of the valence band which decreased the driving force for electron transfer from the NiO film to the dye and therefore the photocurrent. In addition, increasing concentrations of MgO increases the volume of pores between 0.500 to 0.050 μm, while reducing pore volumes in the mesopore range (less than 0.050 μm) and lowering BET surface area from approximately 41 down to 30 m2 g-1. A MgO concentration of 5% was found to strike a balance between the increased photovoltage and decreased photocurrent, possessing a BET surface area of 35 m2 g-1 and a large pore volume in both the meso and macropore range, which lead to a higher overall power conversion efficiency than NiO alone.

Item Type: Article
RIS ID: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/763776
Additional Information: This document is the Accepted Manuscript version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, copyright © 2015 American Chemical Society after peer review and technical editing by the publisher. To access the final edited and published work see http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsami.5b06170
Keywords: Dye-sensitized solar cells, nickel oxide, p-type, photocathode, artificial photosynthesis
Schools/Departments: University of Nottingham, UK > Faculty of Engineering > Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering
University of Nottingham, UK > Faculty of Engineering > Department of Mechanical, Materials and Manufacturing Engineering
University of Nottingham, UK > Faculty of Science > School of Chemistry
Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.5b06170
Depositing User: Hall, Dr Matthew Robert
Date Deposited: 06 Jul 2016 10:56
Last Modified: 04 May 2020 17:19
URI: https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/id/eprint/34661

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