Influence of seed layer treatment on ZnO growth morphology and their device performance in dye-sensitized solar cells

Materials Science and Engineering: B

Volumn 172, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 283-288

  Kumar, R Saravana ^a   Sudhagar, P ^b   Matheswaran, P ^a   Sathyamoorthy, R ^a   Kang, Yong Soo ^b  

^a KONGUNADU ARTS AND SCIENCE COLLEGE   (India)

^b Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Film deposition; Semiconductors; Solar cells; Surface morphology; Ultrasonic rinsing; Zinc oxide

Indexed keywords

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ENERGY CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; MAGNETIC SEMICONDUCTORS; NANORODS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PHOTONS; SUBSTRATES; SURFACE TREATMENT; TEMPERATURE; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTING OXIDES; WIDE BAND GAP SEMICONDUCTORS;

BRANCHED NETWORK; CELL-BASED; DEVICE PERFORMANCE; DYE- SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; FILM DEPOSITION; GROWTH MORPHOLOGY; SEED LAYER; SURFACE-MODIFICATION; ULTRASONIC RINSING; ZNO NANOROD;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 77955428537     PISSN: 09215107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mseb.2010.05.032     Document Type: Article

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