Theses and Dissertations

Date of Award

8-2020

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science (MS)

Department

Chemistry

First Advisor

Dr. Mohammed Jasim Uddin

Second Advisor

Dr. Wei Lin

Third Advisor

Dr. Karen Lozano

Abstract

Compare to flat devices based on rigid substrates, fiber-shaped dye sensitized solar cells hold advantages of smaller size, light weight, facile fabrication, flexibility, and low cost, thus a promising direction for applications such as wearable electronic devices. Due to their unique photovoltaic properties, nanostructured morphologies of TiO2 on flexible substrate have been studied extensively in the recent years for applications in dye sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). Micro-structured electrode materials with high surface area can facilitate rapid charge transport and thus improve the light-to-current conversion efficiency. In the first part of this work the nano-tree morphology of the TiO2 photoanode material on Ti wire has been investigated. To utilize the surface plasmon resonance (SPR) and hence increase the photon conversion efficiency, a plasmonic nanoparticle Ag has also been deposited using a very feasible photoreduction method. In the second part the micro-flower morphology of TiO2 on Ti wire has been synthesized and structural and photoelectric performance has been evaluated. In the third part, a non-platinum catalyst for the counter electrode has been synthesized and a detailed study of the performance has been conducted.

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Copyright 2020 Brishty Deb Choudhury. All Rights Reserved.

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