Synthesis and Application in Solar Cell of Poly (3-Decylthiophene)/Titanium Dioxide Hybrid

Zhiyue Han; Jingchang Zhang; Xiuying Yang; Hong Zhu; Weiliang Cao

doi:10.1007/s10904-010-9367-4

Synthesis and Application in Solar Cell of Poly (3-Decylthiophene)/Titanium Dioxide Hybrid

Zhiyue Han, Jingchang Zhang^*, Xiuying Yang, Hong Zhu, Weiliang Cao

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Abstract

A series of conducting polymer complexes of poly (3-decylthiophene) and titanium dioxide (PDT/TiO ₂) in different proportions were synthesized. Scanning electron microscope (SEM) depicted the morphology of the samples, defining that TiO ₂ was successfully coated by poly (3-decylthiophene) molecules. X-ray diffraction patterns (XRD) showed that the interplaner spacing of the composite samples was smaller than the pure TiO ₂. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and infrared spectroscopy (IR) showed that there was chemical interaction between PDT and nano-TiO ₂ in the complexes. Cyclic voltammetry (CV) showed that the energy gap of the PDT/TiO ₂ composite was lower to 0.86 eV, which was the smallest when the proportion was 2:1. Ultraviolet-visible spectra (UV-vis) showed that optical performance was far superior to both PDT and TiO ₂. A solar cell was sensitized by PDT/TiO ₂, and a solar-to-electric energy conversion efficiency of 0.185% was obtained with the system.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	649-656
Number of pages	8
Journal	Journal of Inorganic and Organometallic Polymers and Materials
Volume	20
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10904-010-9367-4
Publication status	Published - 2010
Externally published	Yes

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Chemical interaction
Composite materials
Photovoltaic performance
Solar cell
XPS

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