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JOURNAL OF THERMAL SPRAY TECHNOLOGY
Volume 24, Issue 3, Pages 328-337Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11666-014-0204-0
Keywords
ceramics; oxide materials; solid state reactions; thin films; photoconductivity; photovoltaics; vacuum kinetic spray
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- National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) - Korean government (MEST) [NRF-2014R1A2A2A0500 7633]
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Vacuum kinetic spraying (VKS) was used to form a blocking layer (BL) in order to increase the efficiency of dye-sensitized solar cells. Nano-sized TiO2 powders were deposited on fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO) glass while varying the coating parameters including the mass flow, substrate transverse speed, and number of coating passes in order to control the thickness of the BL. Compared to the cell without a BL, the open-circuit voltage and short-circuit current density of the solar cell with a VKS-coated BL were noticeably improved. Consequently, the photoconversion efficiency increased up to 5.6%, which is significantly higher than that of a spin-coated BL.
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