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Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics
Erschienen in: Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics 6/2015

01.06.2015

Growth of ZnO nanorods and nanosheets by electrodeposition and their applications in dye-sensitized solar cells

verfasst von: Yu-Long Xie, Jing Yuan, Ping Song, Shu-Qing Hu

Erschienen in: Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics | Ausgabe 6/2015

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Abstract

An electrochemical deposition process was used to synthesize zinc oxide (ZnO) nanorod and nanosheet structures on indium tin oxide substrate, which could tailored by a simple chemical route without templates and capping agents. The DSSCs based on three-dimensional (3D) ZnO nanosheet network structures showed more superior photoelectrochemical performance than that based on one-dimensional ZnO nanorods. The conversion efficiency of 1.59 % achieved by the DSSCs based on 3D ZnO nanosheet network structures. The improvement can be attributed to the enhanced dye loading, which is caused by the enlargement of internal surface area within the nanostructure photoelectrode. Furthermore, the polarity effects play a significant role on the photo-conversion efficiency.
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Metadaten
Titel
Growth of ZnO nanorods and nanosheets by electrodeposition and their applications in dye-sensitized solar cells
verfasst von
Yu-Long Xie
Jing Yuan
Ping Song
Shu-Qing Hu
Publikationsdatum
01.06.2015
Verlag
Springer US
Erschienen in
Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics / Ausgabe 6/2015
Print ISSN: 0957-4522
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-482X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-015-2913-7

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