A Comparative Investigation of Dye-Sensitized Titanium Dioxide(TiO_2) Nanorods Grown on Indium Tin Oxide(ITO) Substrates by Direct and Seed-Mediated Hydrothermal Methods

作     者：V.Chandrakala J.Annai Joseph Steffy Neena Bachan W.Jothi Jeyarani Tenzin Tenkyong J.Merline Shyla 

作者机构：Department of Physics Energy Nanotechnology Centre (ENTeC) Loyola Institute of Frontier Energy (LIFE)Loyola College 

出 版 物：《Acta Metallurgica Sinica(English Letters)》 (金属学报（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2016年第29卷第5期

页      面：457-463页

核心收录：

学科分类：07[理学] 070205[理学-凝聚态物理] 08[工学] 080501[工学-材料物理与化学] 080502[工学-材料学] 0805[工学-材料科学与工程（可授工学、理学学位）] 0702[理学-物理学] 

基　　金：partially funded by the Loyola College-Times of India Major Research Grants (6LCTOI14LIF002) 

主　　题：Dye-sensitized solar cells Hydrothermal Seed-mediated Photoconductivity Spin coating Safranine 0 dye Ti02 nanorods 

摘      要：We report a comparative investigation of the characteristics of modified TiO2 nanorods grown on conducting indium tin oxide glass （/TO） substrates by two different hydrothermal methods： the direct method by which rutile TiOa nanorods were grown directly on plain ITO substrates and the seed-mediated one using which a thin film of anatase TiO2 seed layer was laid down by spin coating and annealing prior to the growth of TiO2 nanorods on it. Microstructural analysis of the samples using X-ray diffraction confirmed their rutile nature. The average crystallite size estimated using Scherrer＇s formula was found to fall in the range of 11-17 nm in both cases. Field emission scanning electron microscopy revealed the nanorod morphologies of a dandelion arrangement in the case of directly grown ones and a proper vertical orientation in the case of the seed-mediated method. UV-Vis spectroscopy analysis of both the samples exhibited redshifts with intense absorption of visible radiation, and the seed-mediated one was found to possess an increased bandgap. The transport nature of the samples was characterized by significant increase in both dark and photocurrents. The results show that the dark and photocurrent values of the directly grown TiO2 nanorods were greater than those of the seed-mediated ones by - seven and five folds, respectively, and therefore, it could serve as efficient photoelectrodes in dye-sensitized solar cells.