TY - JOUR KW - Chlorine compounds; Deionized water; Electric properties; Sol-gels; Solar cells; Synthesis (chemical); Titanium dioxide KW - Continuous stirrings; DSC; Hydrothermal methods; Photoelectrode; Physicochemical property; TiO; Titanium tetrachlorides; UV-vis optical absorption KW - Nanostructured materials ID - scholars5470 N2 - Nanocrystalline TiO2 was prepared using sol-gel hydrothermal method to be used as photoelectrode material for dye solar cells (DSC) employing continuous stirring of titanium tetrachloride (TiCl4) with hydrochloric acid (HCl) and deionized water at 70°C for 6 hours. TiO2 nanopowder was obtained after calcinations in air at 400°C. The samples were characterized using FESEM, TEM, XRD, BET and UV-Vis optical absorption. This paper discusses the effect of surfactant used on the physicochemical properties and the efficiency of the synthesized TiO2 photoelectrode to convert light into electricity. CY - Beijing VL - 875-87 UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84896272496&doi=10.4028%2fwww.scientific.net%2fAMR.875-877.77&partnerID=40&md5=ec808390cf6173990c6bd3cd8b95a550 A1 - Ramli, A. A1 - Ahmad, I.A. JF - Advanced Materials Research Y1 - 2014/// TI - Performance of TiO2 nanoparticles synthesized at pH 2 as photoelectrode in dye solar cell SP - 77 N1 - cited By 0; Conference of 2012 International Conference on Advanced Material and Manufacturing Science, ICAMMS 2012 ; Conference Date: 20 December 2012 Through 21 December 2012; Conference Code:103206 AV - none EP - 81 SN - 10226680 PB - Trans Tech Publications ER -