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To develop and evaluate a method for synthesizing rectangular bunched rutile titanium dioxide nanorod arrays on flexible carbon fibers for dye-sensitized solar cell applications.

February 2, 2012Journal of the American Chemical Society

Rectangular Bunched Rutile TiO2 Nanorod Arrays Grown on Carbon Fiber for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

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WGWenxi GuoJiujiang University CXChen XuHunan University XWXue WangChongqing University

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Experimental study demonstrates 1.28% efficiency in tube-shaped solar cells using etched nanorods on carbon fiber, indicating viability for flexible energy harvesting.

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To develop and evaluate a method for synthesizing rectangular bunched rutile titanium dioxide nanorod arrays on flexible carbon fibers for dye-sensitized solar cell applications.
Synthesized rectangular bunched titanium dioxide nanorod arrays on carbon fibers from titanium precursors using a dissolve-and-grow method.
Corroded nanorods in a strong acid solution to etch individual rods into multiple nanowires, fabricating tube-shaped dye-sensitized solar cells utilizing the coated fibers as photoanodes.
Demonstrated an absolute energy conversion efficiency of 1.28% under 100 mW cm⁻² AM 1.5 illumination.
Successfully split individual nanorods into high-surface-area nanowire bundles integrated directly onto flexible carbon fiber substrates.

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Guo et al. (2012) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a8984899be9d02581bd66ac https://doi.org/10.1021/ja2120585

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Experimental study demonstrates 1.28% efficiency in tube-shaped solar cells using etched nanorods on carbon fiber, indicating viability for flexible energy harvesting.

Rectangular Bunched Rutile TiO2 Nanorod Arrays Grown on Carbon Fiber for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

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Rectangular Bunched Rutile TiO2 Nanorod Arrays Grown on Carbon Fiber for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

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