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Polystyrene nanoparticle-templated hollow titania nanosphere monolayers as ordered scaffolds

2018

We report a novel multi-step method for the preparation of ordered mesoporous titania scaffolds and show an illustrative example of their application to solar cells. The method is based on (monolayer) colloidal nanosphere lithography that makes use of polystyrene nanoparticles organised at a water–air interface and subsequently transferred onto a solid substrate. A titania precursor solution (titanium(IV) isopropoxide in ethanol) is then drop-cast onto the monolayer and left to “incubate” overnight. Surprisingly, instead of the expected inverse monolayer-structure, a subsequent calcination step of the precursor yields an ordered monolayer of hollow titania nanospheres with a wall thickness …

X ray diffractionX ray photoelectron spectroscopySolar cellMonolayer structureWater-air interfaceMonolayerPhase interfaceSettore ING-INF/01NanocrystalPerovskiteNanocrystalline anatasePerovskite solar cellPolystyrene nanoparticlePower conversion efficienciePrecursor solutionNanoparticleTitanium compoundInterfaces (materials)Interfaces (materials); Monolayers; Nanocrystals; Nanoparticles; Nanospheres; Perovskite; Perovskite solar cells; Phase interfaces; Polystyrenes; Scaffolds (biology); Solar cells; Titanium compounds; Titanium dioxide; X ray diffraction; Monolayer structures; Nano Sphere Lithography; Nanocrystalline anatase; Polystyrene nanoparticles; Power conversion efficiencies; Precursor solutions; Titania nanospheres; Water-air interface; X ray photoelectron spectroscopyTitanium dioxideScaffolds (biology)Nano Sphere LithographyNanospherePolystyreneTitania nanosphere
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