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    ‡ Department of Chemical Sciences and Technology & NAST Center, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Via della Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133 Rome, Italy
    § CNR IDASC SENSOR Lab, Via Branze 45, 25123 Brescia, Italy
    ∥ Department of Information Engineering, Brescia University, Via Valotti 9, 25133 Brescia, Italy
    ⊥ Solar Cells Laboratory, Institute of Materials Science and Technology (IMRE), University of Havana, Zapata y G, Vedado, 10400 La Habana, Cuba
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    We describe a fast and effective procedure for the preparation of high efficiency hybrid photoanodes for dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs), based on nanocrystalline TiO2 with limited addition of multiwall carbon nanotubes (CNTs). The mixing process between CNTs and TiO2 nanoparticles is almost instantaneous, which makes it feasible for large-scale fabrication. Enhanced electron lifetime and reduced charge recombination lead to highly increased short circuit current density and overall photoconversion efficiency (from 13.6 mA cm–2 to 16.0 mA cm–2 and from 7.0% to 9.0%, respectively, considering the bare TiO2 and the optimum CNTs concentration, which is 0.010 wt %), while the small reduction in open circuit photovoltage does not significantly affect cell performances. This result is remarkable since a standard dye molecule (N719) was used and no chemical treatments of the photoanodes prior to cell fabrication were applied (i.e., soaking in TiCl4 to boost open circuit photovoltage).

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