Cr-Gd co-doped TiO<sub>2</sub> Nanoribbons as Photoanode in Making Dye Sensitized Solar Cell

Ghazi M. Abed; Abdulkareem M. A. Alsammarraie; Basim I. Al-Abdaly

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Cr-Gd co-doped TiO₂ Nanoribbons as Photoanode in Making Dye Sensitized Solar Cell

Ghazi M. Abed, Abdulkareem M. A. Alsammarraie, Basim I. Al-Abdaly

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Received: 7 April 2017 Accepted: 26 April 2017 Published: 27 May 2017

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Pure and (Cr³⁺-Gd³⁺) co-doped TiO₂ nanoribbons (TiNRs) were synthesized by a hydrothermal method at 200°C with stirring at 400 rpm. The structures and morphology of the prepared product were characterized using X-ray diffraction, Fourier transform infrared, Raman spectroscopy, Transmission electron microscopy and Scanning electron microscope. The results showed that the Cr³⁺ and Gd³⁺ metals ions dopant were incorporated into interstitial position of the TiO₂ lattice nanoribbons with diameter of (30-100) nm and length of few micrometers. The calculated optical band gap for undoped and co-doped of the TiNRs were 3.12 eV and 3.01, respectively. These modified properties of the TiNRs showed an important effect on the conversion efficiency of the assembled dye sensitized solar cells, where the efficiency of the undoped and co-doped TiNRs were 1.71 and 1.99, respectively.

Published in	Nanoscience and Nanometrology (Volume 3, Issue 1)
DOI	10.11648/j.nsnm.20170301.15
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Doped TiO₂, DSSC, Nanoribbons

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Ghazi M. Abed, Abdulkareem M. A. Alsammarraie, Basim I. Al-Abdaly. Cr-Gd co-doped TiO2 Nanoribbons as Photoanode in Making Dye Sensitized Solar Cell. Nanosci Nanometrol. 2017;3(1):27-33. doi: 10.11648/j.nsnm.20170301.15

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Ghazi M. Abed

Ministry of Science and Technology, Baghdad, Iraq
Abdulkareem M. A. Alsammarraie

Department of Chemistry, College of Science, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq
Basim I. Al-Abdaly

Department of Chemistry, College of Science, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq

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