ZnO nanostructured materials for emerging solar cell applications

A Wibowo, MA Marsudi, MI Amal, MB Ananda… - RSC …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Zinc oxide (ZnO) has been considered as one of the potential materials in solar cell
applications, owing to its relatively high conductivity, electron mobility, stability against photo …

ZnO nanostructures for dye‐sensitized solar cells

Q Zhang, CS Dandeneau, X Zhou, G Cao - Advanced materials, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
This Review focuses on recent developments in the use of ZnO nanostructures for dye‐
sensitized solar cell (DSC) applications. It is shown that carefully designed and fabricated …

ZnO-based dye-sensitized solar cells

JA Anta, E Guillén, R Tena-Zaera - The Journal of Physical …, 2012 - ACS Publications
ZnO was one of the first metal oxides used in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs). It exhibits a
unique combination of potentially interesting properties such as high bulk electron mobility …

Recent advances in the liquid-phase syntheses of inorganic nanoparticles

BL Cushing, VL Kolesnichenko, CJ O'connor - Chemical reviews, 2004 - ACS Publications
The development of novel materials is a fundamental focal point of chemical research; and
this interest is mandated by advancements in all areas of industry and technology. A good …

Progress of nanocrystalline growth kinetics based on oriented attachment

J Zhang, F Huang, Z Lin - Nanoscale, 2010 - pubs.rsc.org
The crystal growth mechanism, kinetics, and microstructure development play a fundamental
role in tailoring the materials with controllable sizes and morphologies. The classical crystal …

Recent advances in oriented attachment growth and synthesis of functional materials: concept, evidence, mechanism, and future

Q Zhang, SJ Liu, SH Yu - Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2009 - pubs.rsc.org
The latest advances in oriented attachment controlled morphosynthesis and crystal growth
of various technically important inorganic materials have been reviewed with the focus on …

Highly Efficient Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells with a Titania Thin-Film Electrode Composed of a Network Structure of Single-Crystal-like TiO2 Nanowires Made by the “ …

M Adachi, Y Murata, J Takao, J Jiu… - Journal of the …, 2004 - ACS Publications
In this study, single-crystal-like anatase TiO2 nanowires were formed in a network structure
by surfactant-assisted self-assembling processes at low temperature. The crystal lattice …

Polymorphic phase transition among the titania crystal structures using a solution-based approach: from precursor chemistry to nucleation process

SG Kumar, KSRK Rao - Nanoscale, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Nanocrystalline titania are a robust candidate for various functional applications owing to its
non-toxicity, cheap availability, ease of preparation and exceptional photochemical as well …

Analysis of optical absorbance spectra for the determination of ZnO nanoparticle size distribution, solubility, and surface energy

D Segets, J Gradl, RK Taylor, V Vassilev, W Peukert - ACS nano, 2009 - ACS Publications
We present a model to calculate particle size distributions (PSDs) of colloidal ZnO
nanoparticles from their absorbance spectra. Using literature values for the optical …

Smart control of monodisperse Stöber silica particles: effect of reactant addition rate on growth process

K Nozawa, H Gailhanou, L Raison, P Panizza… - Langmuir, 2005 - ACS Publications
Control over the synthesis of monodisperse silica particles up to mesoscopic scale is
generally made difficult due to intrinsic limitation to submicrometric dimensions and …