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    Synergistic combination of electronic and electrical properties of SnO2 and TiO2 in a single SnO2-TiO2 composite nanofiber for dye-sensitized solar cells

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    Bakr, Z.
    Wali, Q.
    Ismail, J.
    Elumalai, Naveen Kumar
    Uddin, A.
    Jose, R.
    Date
    2018
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Bakr, Z. and Wali, Q. and Ismail, J. and Elumalai, N.K. and Uddin, A. and Jose, R. 2018. Synergistic combination of electronic and electrical properties of SnO2 and TiO2 in a single SnO2-TiO2 composite nanofiber for dye-sensitized solar cells. Electrochimica Acta. 263: pp. 524-532.
    Source Title
    Electrochimica Acta
    DOI
    10.1016/j.electacta.2018.01.074
    ISSN
    0013-4686
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/73972
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    Tin dioxide (SnO2) and titanium dioxide (TiO2) are popular metal oxide semiconductors; they are explored for many applications because of their unique properties. This paper details that electronic and electrical properties of SnO2 and TiO2 can be synergistically combined in an one-dimensional nanostructure, such as electrospun nanofibers. The resulting composite nanofibers (CNFs) showed beneficial properties when used as a photoanode in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). In particular, the CNFs showed higher conduction band energy than SnO2 and higher electrical conductivity than TiO2. The SnO2-TiO2 CNFs are synthesized by electrospinning a polymeric solution containing equimolar concentration of tin chloride and titanium alkoxide precursors and subsequent annealing. The composite formation is demonstrated by X-ray diffraction and energy dispersive X-ray measurements and morphology by scanning electron microscopy. Synergy in electronic and electrical properties are demonstrated by cyclic voltammetry, absorption spectroscopy, and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy. Dye-sensitized solar cells fabricated using the CNFs as photoanode showed higher open circuit voltage and short circuit current density than those achieved using pure SnO2 and pure TiO2, respectively.

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