Krins, Natacha[Université de Liège - ULg > Département de chimie (sciences) > LCIS - GreenMAT >]
Henrist, Catherine[Université de Liège - ULg > Département de chimie (sciences) > LCIS - GreenMAT >]
6-Jul-2010
No
International
ESF conference: Nanotechnology for Sustainable Energy
4-9/07/2010
ESF-FWF
Obergurgl
Autriche
[en] Mesoporous anatase thin films are very promising materials to act as electrode in dye-sensitized solar cells. Randomly oriented nanocrystalline TiO2 particles are usually used to prepare photoelectrodes with a thickness of 10-15 µm. Templated-assisted dip-coating techniques are used to obtain thin films with ordered porosity. The use of different templates influences the film porosity in terms of long-range order, percentage of porosity, pore size and pores connectivity. The photovoltaic performances of the samples have been evaluated. Such mesostructured films are compared in terms of photovoltaic performance with TiO2 nanoparticles films, generally used in DSSC.