Synthesis of Rare Earth Up-Conversion Material and Application in the Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

Jun Zhang; Ying Hong Qu; Feng Xiang Zhang; Xiang Da Peng; Si Yu Qian; Le Kai Li

doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.512-515.289

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Synthesis of Rare Earth Up-Conversion Material and Application in the Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

Abstract:

Er³⁺ ,Yb³⁺ :Y₂O₃ nanocrystal up-conversion material has been prepared using the sodium carbonate precursor method and doped in the P25 to prepare up-conversion nano-TiO₂ powder. The micromorphology, structure and particle size of the up-converting nanoparticles were characterized by atom force microscopy (AFM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD). Nano-TiO₂ powder with up-conversion performance was applied to Dye-sensitized solar cells, the photoelectric conversion efficiency of the DSSC with up-conversion material is twice the photoelectric conversion efficiency of normal DSSC irradiated by infrared light.