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Digital Printing of Titanium Dioxide for Dye Sensitized Solar Cells
Published on: May 4, 2016
Peroxy-Titanium Complex-based inks for low temperature compliant anatase thin films
N S Shabanov1, A Sh Asvarov2, A Chiolerio3
1Dagestan Scientific Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, Analytical Center for Collective Use, Gadzhiyev Str. 45, 367000 Makhachkala, Russian Federation; Dagestan State University, Gadzhiyev Str. 43-a, 367000 Makhachkala, Russian Federation.
Abstract:
Stable highly crystalline titanium dioxide colloids are of paramount importance for the establishment of a solution-processable library of materials that could help in bringing the advantages of digital printing to the world of photocatalysis and solar energy conversion. Nano-sized titanium dioxide in the anatase phase was synthesized by means of hydrothermal methods and treated with hydrogen peroxide to form Peroxy-Titanium Complexes (PTCs). The influence of hydrogen peroxide on the structural, optical and rheological properties of titanium dioxide and its colloidal solutions were assessed and a practical demonstration of a low temperature compliant digitally printed anatase thin film given.
