Dye sensitized solar cell applications of CdTiO3-TiO2 composite thin films deposited from single molecular complex

Muhammad Ali Ehsan; Hamid Khaledi; Alagarsamy Pandikumar; Nay Ming Huang; Zainudin Arifin; Muhammad Mazhar

doi:10.1016/j.jssc.2015.06.041

Dye sensitized solar cell applications of CdTiO₃-TiO₂ composite thin films deposited from single molecular complex

Muhammad Ali Ehsan
, Hamid Khaledi
, Alagarsamy Pandikumar
, Nay Ming Huang
, Zainudin Arifin
, Muhammad Mazhar^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Abstract A heterobimetallic complex [Cd₂Ti₄(μ-O)₆(TFA)₈(THF)₆]·1.5THF (1) (TFA=trifluoroacetato, THF=tetrahydrofuran) comprising of Cd:Ti (1:2) ratio was synthesized by a chemical reaction of cadmium (II) acetate with titanium (IV) isopropoxide and triflouroacetic acid in THF. The stoichiometry of (1) was recognized by single crystal X-ray diffraction, spectroscopic and elemental analyses. Thermal studies revealed that (1) neatly decomposes at 450 °C to furnish 1:1 ratio of cadmium titanate:titania composite oxides material. The thin films of CdTiO₃-TiO₂ composite oxides were deposited at 550 °C on fluorine doped tin oxide coated conducting glass substrate in air ambient. The micro-structure, crystallinity, phase identification and chemical composition of microspherical architectured CdTiO₃-TiO₂ composite thin film have been determined by scanning electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, Raman spectroscopy and energy dispersive X-ray analysis. The scope of composite thin film having band gap of 3.1 eV was explored as photoanode for dye-sensitized solar cell application.

Original language	English
Article number	18969
Pages (from-to)	155-162
Number of pages	8
Journal	Journal of Solid State Chemistry
Volume	230
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jssc.2015.06.041
State	Published - 15 Jul 2015
Externally published	Yes

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Keywords

Aerosol assisted chemical vapor deposition
CdTiO-TiO composite
Dye sensitized photoanode
Single source
Thin film

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Ceramics and Composites
Condensed Matter Physics
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
Inorganic Chemistry
Materials Chemistry

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