Enhanced Electron Transport in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Using Short ZnO Nanotips on A Mirco-textured Metal Anode

Z Yang, T Xu, U Welp, WK Kwok - MRS Online Proceedings Library …, 2009 - cambridge.org
Much attention has been directed towards the enhancement of electron transport in dye-
sensitized solar cells (DSSC) using one-dimensional nanoarchitectured semiconductors …

Enhanced electron transport in dye-sensitized solar cells using short ZnO nanotips on a rough metal anode

Z Yang, T Xu, Y Ito, U Welp… - The Journal of Physical …, 2009 - ACS Publications
Many efforts have been directed toward the enhancement of electron transport in dye-
sensitized solar cells (DSSC) using one-dimensional nanoarchitectured semiconductors …

Electron transport properties in ZnO nanowire array/nanoparticle composite dye-sensitized solar cells

CH Ku, JJ Wu - Applied Physics Letters, 2007 - pubs.aip.org
A significant improvement of the efficiency of the ZnO nanowire (NW) dye-sensitized solar
cell (DSSC) has been achieved by the chemical bath deposition of the dense nanoparticles …

Fabrication and characterization of a composite ZnO semiconductor as electron transporting layer in dye-sensitized solar cells

N Karst, G Rey, B Doisneau, H Roussel… - Materials Science and …, 2011 - Elsevier
ZnO nanocomposites involving nanowires and nanoparticles with a thickness of 4μm were
grown by chemical bath deposition and used as electron transporting layer in dye-sensitized …

ZnS/ZnO heteronanostructure as photoanode to enhance the conversion efficiency of dye-sensitized solar cells

XL Yu, JG Song, YS Fu, Y Xie, X Song… - The Journal of …, 2010 - ACS Publications
ZnS/ZnO heteronanostructures were prepared to serve as the photoanode of the dye-
sensitized solar cells. Two nanostructures, namely, ZnS/ZnO coaxial nanowires and …

The fabrication and characterization of dye-sensitized solar cells with a branched structure of ZnO nanowires

DI Suh, SY Lee, TH Kim, JM Chun, EK Suh… - Chemical physics …, 2007 - Elsevier
To maximize dye absorption and improve energy conversion efficiency, we adopted a
branched structure for single crystalline ZnO nanowires in dye-sensitized solar cells …

Porous ZnO nanosheet arrays constructed on weaved metal wire for flexible dye-sensitized solar cells

H Dai, Y Zhou, L Chen, B Guo, A Li, J Liu, T Yu, Z Zou - Nanoscale, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Porous zinc oxide (ZnO) nanosheet (NS) arrays constructed by connected nanocrystallites
were built on weaved metal wire (WMW) via hydrothermal treatment followed by calcination …

High efficiency dye-sensitized solar cells based on three-dimensional multilayered ZnO nanowire arrays with “caterpillar-like” structure

M McCune, W Zhang, Y Deng - Nano letters, 2012 - ACS Publications
A 3D ZnO nanowire-based dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) with unique “caterpillar-like”
structure was designed. Because of the significant improvement of the total ZnO nanowire …

Chemical assembly of zinc oxide aggregated anodes on plastic substrates at room temperature for flexible dye-sensitized solar cells

SY Lin, JJ Wu - Electrochimica Acta, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract A notable efficiency of 5.16% is achieved in the flexible dye-sensitized solar cell
(DSSC) using a ZnO aggregated anode with a light scattering layer facilely fabricated on the …

Effects of dye adsorption on the electron transport properties in ZnO-nanowire dye-sensitized solar cells

JJ Wu, GR Chen, HH Yang, CH Ku, JY Lai - Applied physics letters, 2007 - pubs.aip.org
Mercurochrome and N3 dyes are employed to be the sensitizers in the ZnO-nanowire (NW)
dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). A lower fill factor is obtained in the N3-sensitized cell …