Quintuple‐Shelled SnO<sub>2</sub> Hollow Microspheres with Superior Light Scattering for High‐Performance Dye‐Sensitized Solar Cells

Zhenghong Dong, Hao Ren, Colin M. Hessel, Jiangyan Wang, Ranbo Yu, Quan Jin, Mei Yang, Zhudong Hu, Yunfa Chen, Zhiyong Tang,

Advanced Materials · 2013 · 306 citations · 35 references

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Quintuple-shelled SnO2 hollow microspheres are prepared by a hard-template method. DSSCs constructed with SnO2 multi-shell photoanodes show a record photoconversion efficiency of 7.18% due to enhanced light scattering. SnO2 hollow microspheres that are utilized as a scattering layer on top of P25 films increase the DSSC photoconversion efficiency from 7.29% to 9.53%. As a service to our authors and readers, this journal provides supporting information supplied by the authors. Such materials are peer reviewed and may be re-organized for online delivery, but are not copy-edited or typeset. Technical support issues arising from supporting information (other than missing files) should be addressed to the authors. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.

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