@article {46880,
	title = {Aromatic amine passivated TiO2 for dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSC) with similar to 9.8\% efficiency},
	journal = {Solar Energy},
	volume = {201},
	year = {2020},
	month = {MAY },
	pages = {965-971},
	type = {Article},
	abstract = {<p>In this work, the efficiency of dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSC) was improved by capping TiO2 with simple aromatic amines as a complexing agent. The aromatic amines, aniline and o-phenylenediamine capped TiO2 composites were synthesized via hydrothermal route and used as scattering layer in dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC). Markedly, the maximum photo-conversion efficiency of 9.84\% was achieved with o-phenylenediamine capped-TiO2 composite as o-phenylenediamine capped-TiO2 showed higher reflectivity than the pristine TiO2, which is highly beneficial for reflecting the photons back to photoanode. In addition, the average life time of carriers in o-phenylenediamine capped-TiO2 was found to be 9.8 ms, which was 2 times higher than the pristine TiO2 (4.29 ms).</p>
},
	keywords = {Aromatic amines, DSSC, Electron injection, lifetime, Scattering layer, TiO2},
	issn = {0038-092X},
	doi = {10.1016/j.solener.2020.03.077},
	author = {Kumar, T. R. Naveen and Yuvaraj, S. and Kavitha, P. and Sudhakar, Vediappan and Krishnamoorthy, Kothandam and Neppolian, B.}
}
