Manipulated the band gap of 1D ZnO nano-rods array with controlled solution concentration and its application for DSSCs

Current Applied Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2011, Pages

  Chao, Ching Hsun ^a   Chan, Chien Hung ^b   Huang, Jung Jie ^c   Chang, Li Shin ^b   Shih, Han C ^b,d  

^a DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c MINGDAO UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CHINESE CULTURE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Dye sensitized solar cells; Hydrothermal method; ZnO nano rod

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; BAND GAPS; DIFFERENT THICKNESS; DYE SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTRODE MATERIAL; FILL FACTOR; GRAIN SIZE; HYDROTHERMAL METHODS; MOLAR CONCENTRATION; REACTION SOLUTIONS; SOLUTION CONCENTRATION; ZINC NITRATES; ZNO; ZNO NANO-ROD;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; FILMS; NANORODS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; SOLAR CELLS; ZINC;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 79953198909     PISSN: 15671739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cap.2010.11.056     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (19)

1. 2 films Nature 353 1991 737 740 (Pubitemid 21912607)
2. U. Bjoerksten, J. Moser, and M. Grätzel Photoelectrochemical studies on nanocrystalline hematite films Chem. Mater. 6 1994 858 863
3. G. Redmond, D. Fitzmaurice, and M. Grätzel Visible Light Sensitization by cis-Bis(thiocyanato)bis(2,2′-bipyridyl-4,4′- dicarboxylato) ruthenium (II) of a transparent nanocrystalline ZnO film prepared by sol-gel techniques Chem. Mater. 6 1994 686 691
4. S. Burnside, S. Winkel, K. Brooks, V. Shklover, M. Grätzel, A. Hinsch, R. Kinderman, C. Bradbury, A. Hagfeldt, and H. Pettersson Deposition and characterization of screen-printed porous multi-layer thick film structures from semiconducting and conducting nanomaterials for use in photovoltaic devices J. Mater. Sci. Mater. Electron. 11 2000 355 362
5. H.J. Snaith, and L.S. Mende Advances in liquid-electrolyte and solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells Adv. Mater. 19 2007 3187 3200 (Pubitemid 350044458)
6. T.W. Hamann, R.A. Jensen, A.B.F. Martinson, H.V. Ryswyk, and J.T. Hupp Advancing beyond current generation dye-sensitized solar cells Energ. Environ. Sci. 1 2008 66 78
7. -) on nanocrystalline titanium dioxide electrodes J. Am. Chem. Soc. 115 1993 6382 6390
8. A. Hagfeldt, and M. Grätzel Light induced redox reactions in nanocrystalline systems Chem. Rev. 95 1995 49
9. M. Grätzel Dye-sensitized solar cells J. Photochem. Photobiol. C Photochem. Rev. 4 2003 145
10. V. Thavasi, V. Renugopalakrishnan, R. Jose, and S. Ramakrishna Controlled electron injection and transport at materials interfaces in dye sensitized solar cells Mater. Sci. Eng. R Rep. 63 2009 81 99
11. N. Robertson Optimizing dyes for dye-sensitized solar cells Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 45 2006 2338 2345 (Pubitemid 44105108)
12. M. Grätzel The advent of mesoscopic injection solar cells Prog. Photovoltaics 14 2006 429 442 (Pubitemid 44075864)
13. 2 particles Phys. Rev. Lett. 77 1996 3427 3430 (Pubitemid 126624296)
14. 2 solar cells: a study by intensity modulated photovoltage spectroscopy J. Phys. Chem. B. 101 1997 8141 8155 (Pubitemid 127578468)
15. 2 solar cells J. Phys. Chem. B. 104 2000 949 958
16. 2 J. Phys. Chem. B. 104 2000 3930 3936
17. L. Margulis, G. Salitra, R. Tenne, and M. Talianker Nested fullerene-like structures Nature 365 1993 113 114
18. B. Liu, and H.C. Zeng Hydrothermal Synthesis of ZnO Nanorods in the diameter regime of 50 nm J. Am. Chem. Soc. 125 2003 4430 4431 (Pubitemid 36418684)
19. C.H. Hung, and W.T. Whang A novel low-temperature growth and characterization of single crystal ZnO nanorods Mater. Chem. Phys. 82 2003 705 710