A facile process to prepare multi-layered nanopatterned photoanodes (MNPs) is presented with well-arrayed mesoporous inorganic oxide layers. The MNPs were prepared by multiple stacking of nanopatterned TiO2 layers using a sacrificial polystyrene-thin film layer, which not only guided the stacking TiO2 layer but also was removed completely by calcination without generating cracks. The MNPs were applied to solid-state solar cells, to exhibit an enhancement of 73% and a 65% in Jsc and power conversion efficiency (PCE), respectively.
- Jongbeom Na
- Younghoon Kim
- Eunkyoung Kim