Electrochemical Characterization of Rapid Discharge Sintering (RDS) NiO Cathodes for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells of p-Type
Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=53430#.VMWlBSzQrzE Author(s) Vittoria Novelli 1 , Muhammad Awais 2,3 , Denis P. Dowling 3,4 , Danilo Dini 1,3 Affiliation(s) 1 Department of Chemistry, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy . 2 Department of Industrial Engineering, “King Abdulaziz” University, Rabigh, KSA . 3 Solar Energy Conversion Strategic Research Cluster, University College Dublin (UCD), Dublin, Ireland . 4 School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, University College Dublin (UCD), Dublin, Ireland . ABSTRACT Nickel oxide (NiO) thin films with thickness ranging in the interval 0.2 - 3.5 μm have been deposited onto conductive transparent substrate via the method of plasma-assisted rapid discharge sintering (RDS) with microwave heating starting from NiO nanoparticles with diameter 50 nm. The optical and electrochemical properties of the RDS NiO films in the pristi...