Enhanced solar photoelectrochemical conversion efficiency of the hydrothermally-deposited TiO2 nanorod arrays: Effects of the light trapping and optimum charge …

GW An, MA Mahadik, WS Chae, HG Kim, M Cho… - Applied Surface …, 2018 - Elsevier
The vertically aligned TiO 2 nanorod arrays (NRA) with manipulated aspect ratio were
hydrothermally synthesized by changing the amount of the titanium (Ti) precursor in the …

Facile growth of ZnO nanowire arrays and nanoneedle arrays with flower structure on ZnO-TiO2 seed layer for DSSC applications

T Marimuthu, N Anandhan, R Thangamuthu… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2017 - Elsevier
In this present investigation, zinc oxide-titanium oxide (ZnO-TiO 2) thin films were prepared
by sol-gel spin coating technique and used as a blocking as well as seed layer, and …

Novel photoanode for dye-sensitized solar cells with enhanced light-harvesting and electron-collection efficiency

W Song, Y Gong, J Tian, G Cao, H Zhao… - ACS Applied Materials …, 2016 - ACS Publications
A novel photoanode structure modified by porous flowerlike CeO2 microspheres as a
scattering layer with a thin TiO2 film deposited by atomic layer deposition (ALD) is prepared …

TiO2 nanotube structures for the enhancement of photon utilization in sensitized solar cells

J Lin, X Liu, S Zhu, X Chen - Nanotechnology Reviews, 2015 - degruyter.com
The nano-and microstructures of titanium dioxide (TiO2) photoanodes in photovoltaic cells
have a large impact on their photon to electron performances, including light harvesting …

Hedgehog-like hierarchical ZnO needle-clusters with superior electron transfer kinetics for dye-sensitized solar cells

J Qu, Y Yang, Q Wu, PR Coxon, Y Liu, X He, K Xi… - RSC Advances, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Hedgehog-like hierarchical ZnO needle-clusters, three-dimensional (3-D) ZnO flowers and
one-dimensional (1-D) ZnO needles have been synthesised via a facile hydrothermal …

Efficiency enhancement in dye-sensitized solar cells using hierarchical TiO2 submicron size spheres as a light scattering layer

M Dissanayake, S Senthuran… - Journal of Solid State …, 2020 - Springer
The photoanode of a dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC), usually made with a nanoporous TiO
2 semiconductor layer sensitized with N719 dye, plays a crucial role in the overall power …

Flower-shaped ZnO nanocrystallite aggregates synthesized through a template-free aqueous solution method for dye-sensitized solar cells

WC Chang, HS Chen, WC Yu - Applied Physics Letters, 2015 - pubs.aip.org
Hierarchically structured flower-shaped aggregates composed of ZnO nanocrystals were
synthesized through a template-free aqueous solution method. The synthesized …

Olive-shaped ZnO nanocrystallite aggregates as bifunctional light scattering materials in double-layer photoanodes for dye-sensitized solar cells

HS Chen, WC Yu, WC Chang, YW Lu - Electrochimica Acta, 2016 - Elsevier
Olive-shaped ZnO nanocrystallite aggregates were synthesized using an economical and
environment-friendly aqueous-solution method. The submicron-sized hierarchical …

Large-diameter titanium dioxide nanotube arrays as a scattering layer for high-efficiency dye-sensitized solar cell

X Liu, M Guo, J Cao, J Lin, YH Tsang, X Chen… - Nanoscale Research …, 2014 - Springer
Large-sized titanium dioxide (TiO 2) nanotube arrays with an outer diameter of
approximately 500 nm have been successfully synthesized by potentiostatic anodization at …

Low-temperature and surfactant-free synthesis of mesoporous TiO2 sub-micron spheres for efficient dye-sensitized solar cells

K Deng, L Li - Journal Of Materials Science & Technology, 2016 - Elsevier
Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) are one of the most promising next-generation solar
cells due to their advantages over other counterparts. The photoanode of DSSCs has a …