Highly uniform, bifunctional core/double-shell-structured β-NaYF4:Er3+, Yb3+ @ SiO2@TiO2 hexagonal sub-microprisms for high-performance dye sensitized solar cells

Adv Mater. 2013 Apr 18;25(15):2174-80. doi: 10.1002/adma.201204847. Epub 2013 Feb 18.

Abstract

Highly uniform core/double-shell-structured β-NaYF4:Er(3+),Yb(3+)@SiO2@TiO2 hexagonal sub-microprisms are prepared and employed in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs) internally. This work paves a facile way to enable the most-efficient upconversion material (β-NaYF4:Er(3+),Yb(3+)) to be used as scattering and upconversion centers in the photoelectrode of a DSC.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Coloring Agents / chemistry*
  • Electrodes
  • Electrons
  • Erbium / chemistry*
  • Fluorides / chemistry*
  • Metal Nanoparticles / chemistry
  • Silicon Dioxide / chemistry*
  • Solar Energy*
  • Titanium / chemistry*
  • Yttrium / chemistry*

Substances

  • Coloring Agents
  • TiO2-SiO2
  • sodium yttriumtetrafluoride
  • Yttrium
  • Silicon Dioxide
  • Erbium
  • Titanium
  • Fluorides