Synergistic combination of electronic and electrical properties of SnO2 and TiO2 in a single SnO2-TiO2 composite nanofiber for dye-sensitized solar cells

Tin dioxide (SnO2) and titanium dioxide (TiO2) are popular metal oxide semiconductors; they are explored for many applications because of their unique properties. This paper details that electronic and electrical properties of SnO2 and TiO2 can be synergistically combined in an one-dimensional nanos...

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Main Authors:	Bakr, Zinab H., Wali, Qamar, Jamil, Ismail, Elumalai, Naveen Kumar, Uddin, Ashraf, Rajan, Jose
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Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2018
Subjects:	QD Chemistry
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spelling	ump-229642018-11-28T03:12:23Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/22964/ Synergistic combination of electronic and electrical properties of SnO2 and TiO2 in a single SnO2-TiO2 composite nanofiber for dye-sensitized solar cells Bakr, Zinab H. Wali, Qamar Jamil, Ismail Elumalai, Naveen Kumar Uddin, Ashraf Rajan, Jose QD Chemistry Tin dioxide (SnO2) and titanium dioxide (TiO2) are popular metal oxide semiconductors; they are explored for many applications because of their unique properties. This paper details that electronic and electrical properties of SnO2 and TiO2 can be synergistically combined in an one-dimensional nanostructure, such as electrospun nanofibers. The resulting composite nanofibers (CNFs) showed beneficial properties when used as a photoanode in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). In particular, the CNFs showed higher conduction band energy than SnO2 and higher electrical conductivity than TiO2. The SnO2-TiO2 CNFs are synthesized by electrospinning a polymeric solution containing equimolar concentration of tin chloride and titanium alkoxide precursors and subsequent annealing. The composite formation is demonstrated by X-ray diffraction and energy dispersive X-ray measurements and morphology by scanning electron microscopy. Synergy in electronic and electrical properties are demonstrated by cyclic voltammetry, absorption spectroscopy, and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy. Dye-sensitized solar cells fabricated using the CNFs as photoanode showed higher open circuit voltage and short circuit current density than those achieved using pure SnO2 and pure TiO2, respectively. Elsevier 2018 Article PeerReviewed pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/22964/1/Synergistic%20combination%20of%20electronic%20and%20electrical%20properties1.pdf Bakr, Zinab H. and Wali, Qamar and Jamil, Ismail and Elumalai, Naveen Kumar and Uddin, Ashraf and Rajan, Jose (2018) Synergistic combination of electronic and electrical properties of SnO2 and TiO2 in a single SnO2-TiO2 composite nanofiber for dye-sensitized solar cells. Electrochimica Acta, 263. pp. 524-532. ISSN 0013-4686 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2018.01.074 doi: 10.1016/j.electacta.2018.01.074
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spellingShingle	QD Chemistry Bakr, Zinab H. Wali, Qamar Jamil, Ismail Elumalai, Naveen Kumar Uddin, Ashraf Rajan, Jose Synergistic combination of electronic and electrical properties of SnO2 and TiO2 in a single SnO2-TiO2 composite nanofiber for dye-sensitized solar cells
description	Tin dioxide (SnO2) and titanium dioxide (TiO2) are popular metal oxide semiconductors; they are explored for many applications because of their unique properties. This paper details that electronic and electrical properties of SnO2 and TiO2 can be synergistically combined in an one-dimensional nanostructure, such as electrospun nanofibers. The resulting composite nanofibers (CNFs) showed beneficial properties when used as a photoanode in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). In particular, the CNFs showed higher conduction band energy than SnO2 and higher electrical conductivity than TiO2. The SnO2-TiO2 CNFs are synthesized by electrospinning a polymeric solution containing equimolar concentration of tin chloride and titanium alkoxide precursors and subsequent annealing. The composite formation is demonstrated by X-ray diffraction and energy dispersive X-ray measurements and morphology by scanning electron microscopy. Synergy in electronic and electrical properties are demonstrated by cyclic voltammetry, absorption spectroscopy, and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy. Dye-sensitized solar cells fabricated using the CNFs as photoanode showed higher open circuit voltage and short circuit current density than those achieved using pure SnO2 and pure TiO2, respectively.
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author	Bakr, Zinab H. Wali, Qamar Jamil, Ismail Elumalai, Naveen Kumar Uddin, Ashraf Rajan, Jose
author_facet	Bakr, Zinab H. Wali, Qamar Jamil, Ismail Elumalai, Naveen Kumar Uddin, Ashraf Rajan, Jose
author_sort	Bakr, Zinab H.
title	Synergistic combination of electronic and electrical properties of SnO2 and TiO2 in a single SnO2-TiO2 composite nanofiber for dye-sensitized solar cells
title_short	Synergistic combination of electronic and electrical properties of SnO2 and TiO2 in a single SnO2-TiO2 composite nanofiber for dye-sensitized solar cells
title_full	Synergistic combination of electronic and electrical properties of SnO2 and TiO2 in a single SnO2-TiO2 composite nanofiber for dye-sensitized solar cells
title_fullStr	Synergistic combination of electronic and electrical properties of SnO2 and TiO2 in a single SnO2-TiO2 composite nanofiber for dye-sensitized solar cells
title_full_unstemmed	Synergistic combination of electronic and electrical properties of SnO2 and TiO2 in a single SnO2-TiO2 composite nanofiber for dye-sensitized solar cells
title_sort	synergistic combination of electronic and electrical properties of sno2 and tio2 in a single sno2-tio2 composite nanofiber for dye-sensitized solar cells
publisher	Elsevier
publishDate	2018
url	http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/22964/ http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/22964/ http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/22964/ http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/22964/1/Synergistic%20combination%20of%20electronic%20and%20electrical%20properties1.pdf
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Synergistic combination of electronic and electrical properties of SnO2 and TiO2 in a single SnO2-TiO2 composite nanofiber for dye-sensitized solar cells

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