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Advances in Manufacturing
Published in: Advances in Manufacturing 4/2013

01-12-2013

Influence of defect density on the ZnO nanostructures of dye-sensitized solar cells

Authors: Yan-Yan Lou, Shuai Yuan, Yin Zhao, Zhu-Yi Wang, Li-Yi Shi

Published in: Advances in Manufacturing | Issue 4/2013

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Abstract

The relationship between bilayer nanostructure, defect density and dye-sensitized solar cell (DSCC) performances was investigated. By adjusting bilayer nanostructures, defect density of ZnO nanodendrite-nanorods structure was decreased comparing to that of nanoflower-nanorods structure. The performances of DSCC based on ZnO nanodendrites-nanorods structure and nanoflower-nanorods structure were studied by Raman spectrum, room temperature photoluminescence, dye loading, photocurrent density-voltage characteristic and open-circuit voltage decay (OCVD) technique. The device with nanodendrite-nanorods structure has lower charge recombination rate and prolonged electron lifetime due to its microstructure feature.
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Metadata
Title
Influence of defect density on the ZnO nanostructures of dye-sensitized solar cells
Authors
Yan-Yan Lou
Shuai Yuan
Yin Zhao
Zhu-Yi Wang
Li-Yi Shi
Publication date
01-12-2013
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Advances in Manufacturing / Issue 4/2013
Print ISSN: 2095-3127
Electronic ISSN: 2195-3597
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s40436-013-0046-x

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