A UV-based nano imprint lithography(NIL)method is developed to fabricate thin film with controlled TiO
2
nanocrystal island array on the transparent conductive glass substrate for dye sensitive solar cells(DSSC). The UV curable TiO
2
sol is prepared to form TiO
2
thin film with 3 μm critical dimension TiO
2
nanocrystal island array by mixing TiO
2
powder
dispersant
emulsifier
alcohol and UV-curable resin. Ultimately
TiO
2
thin film with orderly island array is fabricated by the pressure holding replica optimized technique. The thin film is further heated up to 600 ℃ to wipe off the adulterant like UV-curable resist and cooled down to 450 ℃
then the TiO
2
nanocrystal island on the thin film is changed to the anatase TiO
2
. The experimental results show that DSSC equipped with TiO
2
nanocrystal island array is endowed with conversion efficiency over 2.7% under AM 1.5 illumination(0.1 W/cm
2
)
which infers that the NIL method can be employed to fabricate highly stable DSSC with quasi-solid-state or solid state electrolyte.
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O'REGAN B, GRATZEL M. Theoretical modeling of TiO2/TCO interfacial effect on dye-sensitized solar cell performance [J]. Solar Energy Materials Solar Cells, 2006, 90(13): 2000-2009.