为了研究不同(Au@SiO2和TiO2)质量比的Au@SiO2的掺杂对染料敏化太阳能电池(DSSC)性能的影响,用机械球磨法制备了一系列基于不同掺杂含量的纳米晶核壳结构Au@SiO2的电池光阳极材料.研究结果表明,Au@SiO2的引入使得吸附在光阳极上的染料的光吸收增强,并显著提高了电池的短路电流密度J(sc)和光电转换效率η.当m(Au@SiO2)∶m(TiO2)为0.3%时对应的电池具有最优的性能,其短路电流密度J(sc)为15.5 mA·cm^-2,开路电压V(oc)为686mV,光电转换效率达到6.49%,比纯的TiO2光阳极电池的效率提高了17.5%.研究发现,电池性能的提高可归因于两方面:1)壳内Au纳米颗粒所具有的局域表面等离子体共振(LSPR)效应,使光阳极上染料的光吸收增强;2)SiO2外壳层对暗电流的有效抑制.
In order to study the different mass ratio(m(Au@SiO2 ) : m( TiO2 )) of Au@SiOzdoping effect on the performance of dye sensitized solar cell(DSSC), a series of composite photoanode materials with different amounts of core-shell structure nano-Au@SiO2 are prepared by mechanical ball grinding. Studies revealed that, by introducing the Au@SiO2, the intensity of the light absorption spectra of the dye loaded on surface of photoanode, the short-circuit current density (Jsc) and the photoelectric conversion efficiency (η) of the dyesensitized solar cell are greatly increased. The optimal properties were obtained in the 0.3 % Au@SiO2 doped DSSC with a maximum Jsc of 15.5 mA · cm^-2 ,a highest open-circuit voltage of 686 mV and a best photoelectric conversion efficiency of 6.49%, giving 17.5% higher than the η of the conventional pure TiO2 based DSSC. The improved performance of the optimal DSSC is attributed to two aspects:l) the localized surface plasmon resonance of the Au nanoparticles, which increases the light absorption of the dye load on photoanode;2) the effective restraint of SiO2 on the dark-current.