Li, Yuelong Lee, Wonjoo Lee, Doh-Kwon Kim, Kyungkon Park, Nam-Gyu Ko, Min Jae 2024-01-20T17:31:21Z 2024-01-20T17:31:21Z 2021-09-02 2011-03-07 0003-6951 https://pubs.kist.re.kr/handle/201004/130539 An interparticle-binding agent, or "nanoglue," was prepared for the fabrication of well-interconnected TiO2 photoelectrodes in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) sintered at low temperature. This nanoglue consisted of pure anatase particles approximately 5 nm in diameter dispersed in alcoholic solvent. When mixed with TiO2 particles 21 nm in diameter, the nanoglue induced interparticle chemical bridging via the condensation of hydroxyl groups on surfaces of TiO2 particles. The efficiency of nanoglue-based DSSCs was improved by approximately 25% compared to non-nanoglue-based DSSCs. This improvement was mainly ascribed to enhanced interparticle connections due to the presence of the 5 nm TiO2 particles in nanoglue. (C) 2011 American Institute of Physics. [doi:10.1063/1.3562030] English AMER INST PHYSICS ELECTRON-TRANSPORT HYDROTHERMAL CRYSTALLIZATION FILMS FABRICATION PHOTOELECTRODES IRRADIATION LAYERS Pure anatase TiO2 "nanoglue": An inorganic binding agent to improve nanoparticle interconnections in the low-temperature sintering of dye-sensitized solar cells Article 10.1063/1.3562030 1 APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, v.98, no.10 APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS 98 10 scie scopus 000288277200066 2-s2.0-79952651987 Physics, Applied Physics Article ELECTRON-TRANSPORT HYDROTHERMAL CRYSTALLIZATION FILMS FABRICATION PHOTOELECTRODES IRRADIATION LAYERS dye-sensitized low-temperature sintering nanoglue interconnection TiO2