Mesoporous Anatase TiO₂ Beads with High Surface Areas and Controllable Pore Sizes: A Superior Candidate for High‐Performance Dye‐Sensitized Solar Cells

Abstract

Mesoporous anatase TiO2 beads with high surface areas and controllable pore sizes are prepared by using a combined sol–gel and solvothermal process. Dye-sensitized solar cells made from these mesoporous beads gave a total power conversion efficiency of 7.20% under AM 1.5 sunlight, higher than that obtained using Degussa P25 films of similar thickness (5.66%). Detailed facts of importance to specialist readers are published as ”Supporting Information”. Such documents are peer-reviewed, but not copy-edited or typeset. They are made available as submitted by 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.