本論文利用高分子輔助電紡絲技術，製備出特定直徑的二氧化鈦奈米絲。二氧化鈦奈米絲隨機堆疊形成的支架結構，對入射光具有強烈的散射能力。在散射光譜中的曲線，會因二氧化鈦奈米絲直徑上升，而產生紅移的現象。電紡絲的支架結構對入射光的散射強度，會隨著沉積的厚度而線性上升。而這些特徵光散射光譜，可由米氏散射理論來解釋，此理論是用來描述球狀物體對光線散射的現象。
將二氧化鈦奈米絲用在建構染料敏化太陽能電池之上，電池的效率主要受到短路電流密度以及填充因子所影響。直徑326 nm之電紡絲產生最高的短路電流密度，為6.33 mA/cm2，而最高效率為3.27%。而原因來自於直徑326 nm之電紡絲，與染料吸收峰的重疊。藉由二氧化鈦奈米絲支架內部的光散射現象，使光繁殖和效率轉換最佳化。
除此之外，直徑281 nm的電紡絲在太陽能電池中，具有最高的填充因子，代表最高電池內部的電能傳輸效率。而內部串聯電阻與內部並聯電阻相比之下，前者為影響填充因子的主要因素。
在二氧化鈦奈米絲建構的染料敏化太陽能電池之研究中，包含特徵光散射波長、短路電流密度和填充因子，這些研究結果顯示此結構裝置，對於未來光電轉換的應用很有幫助。

Polymer-assisted electrospinning was utilized to fabricate titania nanofibers with desired fiber diameters. Titania nanofibers stacked together and formed randomly-distributed scaffolds revealing the intensive scattering to the incident light. These light scattering profiles exhibited the red shift as the titania nanofiber diameters became larger. Scattering intensities were found linearly increased with the fiber deposition thicknesses; and the preferred scattering wavelengths followed the Mie scattering theory, originally utilized to describe the light scattering of spherical subjects.
Electrospun titania nanofibers were further employed in the construction of the dye-sensitized solar cells. Efficiencies of theses solar cells were mainly affected by the short circuit current densities (JSC) and the fill factors (ff). Titania nanofiber sample with a diameter of 326 nm generated the highest JSC of 6.33 mA/cm2 and the best energy concersion efficiency as high as 3.27%. The high JSC generated by 326 nm titania sample was the result of the overlap of the preferred scattering band and the dye absorption peak. Optimized light propagation and efficiency energy conversion were realized by the light scattering inside the titania nanofiber scaffolds.
In addition, the highest fill factor was received in the sample of 281 nm titania nanofibers, indicating the efficient electric delivery with the low internal series resistance (RS) instead of the internal shunt resistance (RSh). Investigations conducted in these solar cells constructed by electrospun titania nanofibers, including the preferred scattering wavelengths, JSC values, and fill factors, demonstrated the promising photovoltaic applications with respects to the device constructions.

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