TITANIUM DIOXIDE NANOPARTICLES FOR FABRICATING PHOTO-ELECTRODES OF HIGH-EFFICIENT AND LONG-LASTING DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS AND THE FABRICATION METHOD THEREOF

• Main Authors: PARK, JONG KU, CHOI, HYOUNG IL, CHO, SO HYE, JIE, HYUN SEOCK, SONG, BONG GEUN
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Korean
• Published: 31.05.2012
• Subjects: BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; CABLES; CAPACITORS; CAPACITORS, RECTIFIERS, DETECTORS, SWITCHING DEVICES ORLIGHT-SENSITIVE DEVICES, OF THE ELECTROLYTIC TYPE; CHEMISTRY; COMPOUNDS CONTAINING METALS NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSESC01D OR C01F; CONDUCTORS; ELECTRIC SOLID STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ELECTRICITY; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO STRUCTURAL AND PHYSICAL ASPECTS OFSOLID INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; INORGANIC CHEMISTRY; INSULATORS; MANUFACTURE OR TREATMENT OF NANOSTRUCTURES; MANUFACTURE OR TREATMENT THEREOF; MEASUREMENT OR ANALYSIS OF NANOSTRUCTURES; METALLURGY; NANOSTRUCTURES FORMED BY MANIPULATION OF INDIVIDUAL ATOMS,MOLECULES, OR LIMITED COLLECTIONS OF ATOMS OR MOLECULES ASDISCRETE UNITS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGYGENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION; SELECTION OF MATERIALS FOR THEIR CONDUCTIVE, INSULATING ORDIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; SPECIFIC USES OR APPLICATIONS OF NANOSTRUCTURES; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINSTCLIMATE CHANGE; TRANSPORTING

PURPOSE: A titanium dioxide nano-powder for a dye-sensitized solar cell photoelectrode and a manufacturing method thereof are provided to enable dye molecules to be absorbed rapidly and photoelectric conversion to have high efficiency. CONSTITUTION: A titanium dioxide nano-powder for a dye-sensitized solar cell photoelectrode is titania nanopowder for anatase type dye-sensitized solar cell photoelectrode having a dipyramid structure. A specific surface area of the nano-powder is 80m/g or greater. An adhesion rate of paint to the nano-powder is more than 80% or greater within 5 minutes after contact. A manufacturing method of the titania nano-powder for the dye-sensitized solar cell photoelectrode comprises next steps: forming titania nano-powder with a vapor synthesis method by using precursors of titanium alkoxide; post-thermal treating the titania nanopowder; and forming anatase type titania nanopowder having an angular shape.