2013 BJTU Solar Cell

Application SnO2 in Solar Cells & Li-batteries

▶ Application of SnO2 in DSSC and Lithium Batteries

Dissertation: H Xu, et al. Application of Mesoporous SnO2 Materials in Dye-sensitized Solar Cells and Lithium Batteries [D]. BJTU. 2013. [Link] [Poster] Publication: Prof. H. Zhang, R. Wu, *H. Xu et al., A simple spray reaction synthesis and characterization of SnO2 microspheres for an enhanced dye sensitized solar cell [J]. RSC Adv., 7, 12446-12454 (2017). [Link]

SEM Pics

Figure 1-2 SEM images of SnO2 microspheres for different calcination temperature (a) 500°C(b) 600°C(c) 700°C(d) 800°C the right for the feature map

SnO2 Structure

▶ XRD Analysis of SnO2 Microspheres

XRD

Figure 2-16 XRD patterns of tin dioxide microspheres at different calcination temperature

▶ Dye-sensitized Solar Cell

Principle

Figure 1-2 Schematic of dye-sensitized solar cells with scattering layer

I-V Curve

Figure 2-5 I–V curves of bilayer dye-sensitized solar cells assembled by TiO2 and SnO2 which calcined under 500°C, 600°C and 700°C and be sorted

▶ Lithium-ion Batteries

Performance

The 1-3 loop of charge and discharge test curves and thr 50 laps cycle efficiency curve of 600, 700, 800oC SnO2 materials as application in lithium batteries