01649nas a2200229   4500008004100000022001400041245006600055210006600121260000800187300001200195490000800207520093000215653002501145653003001170653000901200100002101209700001701230700002501247700002301272700002601295856009801321       2019                        eng d  a0025-540800aImproved efficiency of DSSC using combustion synthesized TiO20 aImproved efficiency of DSSC using combustion synthesized TiO2  cJAN  a222-2260 v1093 a<p>Combustion synthesis method is an economic, one step and an effective method for the synthesis of nanomaterials. In this work, titanium dioxide nanoparticles were synthesized by combustion method. The synthesized material was characterized by XRD, SEM and BET. Dye sensitized solar cell was fabricated using the synthesized material and its performance was compared with the solar cell fabricated using commercial TiO2. In order to evaluate the photovoltaic performance of DSSCs, photocurrent density to photovoltage (J-V) characteristic and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) measurements were carried out. The DSSC fabricated using combustion synthesized and commercial TiO2 exhibited a power conversion efficiency of 6.11% and 6.62%, respectively. Combustion synthesized TiO2 which displayed similar efficiency to that of commercial material is least studied in the literature for solar cell applications.</p>10aCombustion synthesis10aDye sensitized solar cell10aTiO21 aUmale, Sanjivani1 aSudhakar, V.1 aSontakke, Sharad, M.1 aKrishnamoorthy, K.1 aPandit, Aniruddha, B.  uhttps://library.ncl.res.in/content/improved-efficiency-dssc-using-combustion-synthesized-tio2