Building the Solar Cell requires a
conductive glass plate which has been coated with Titanium
Dioxide (TiO).
Teachers may perform the coating of the glass plates, using
the procedures described in the references at the end of this
page.
Depositing the nanocrystalline TiO
film requires the preparation of a solution containing commercial
colloidal TiO
powder, the masking of a cleaned conductive glass plate, and
the application and distribution of the solution on the conductive
glass plate, followed by the sintering of the resulting thin
film layer. The following photographs illustrate the steps
in this procedure.
Grinding Nanocrystalline Ti0 Degussa P25 Powder in mortar and pestle while adding solvent. |
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Using glass rod to spread Ti0 solution on masked conductive glass. |
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Firing Ti0 film at tip of flame (450 degrees Centigrade) for 10-15 minutes. Staining with dye will take place after cooling. All of these procedures should not be attempted without the help and guidance of an adult who understands basic chemical safety practices. |
For more information on the procedure, see:
- Greg P. Smestad and Michael Gr�tzel,
"Demonstrating Electron Transfer and Nanotechnology: A Natural
Dye-Sensitized Nanocrystalline Energy Converter," Journal
of Chemical Education, Vol. 75, pp 752-756, June 1998.
See the online version of the abstract
of this article, or download the 698K PDF
file of the entire article. (Requires Adobe Acrobat
reader - See Note.)
- Greg P. Smestad, "Education and
solar conversion: Demonstrating electron transfer", Solar
Energy Materials and Solar Cells, Vol. 55, Pgs. 157-178,
1998. Download the 62K PDF
file of the abstract of this article. (Requires Adobe
Acrobat reader - See Note.)
- N.J. Cherapy, G.P. Smestad, M. Gr�tzel and J.Z. Zhang, "Ultrafast Electron Injection: Implication for a photoelectrochemical Cell Utilizing an Anthocyanin Dye-Sensitized TiO Nanocrystalline Electrode," Journal of Physical Chemistry B, Vol. 101, No. 45, Pgs. 9342 - 9351, Nov. 6, 1997. Download a 540K PDF file of this document. (Requires Adobe Acrobat reader - See Note.)
Note: To read PDF files you will need
the Adobe Acrobat reader, which can be downloaded free from
the Adobe
web site.
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