Electron transport analysis in zinc oxide-based dye-sensitized solar cells: A review

A Omar, H Abdullah - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2014 - Elsevier
This research review highlights the use of zinc oxide (ZnO) nanostructure as a photoanode
in the fabrication of dye-sensitised solar cells (DSSC). ZnO nanostructure thin films offer …

Unsophisticated one-step synthesis super hydrophilic self-cleaning coating based on ZnO nanosheets

F Afshari, Z Golshan Bafghi, N Manavizadeh - Applied Physics A, 2022 - Springer
In this paper, zinc oxide nanosheets are coated on a porcelain substrate with reversible
wettability using a one-step wet-chemical synthesis and spray-coating method. The …

Synthesis of Nanoporous TiO2 and Its Potential Applicability for Dye‐Sensitized Solar Cell Using Antocyanine Black Rice

B Yuliarto, W Septina, K Fuadi, F Fanani… - … in Materials Science …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Nanoporous mesostructure TiO2 powders were synthesized by sol‐gel method, with TiCl4
as a precursor in methanol solution. The Pluronic PE 6200 of block copolymer was used as …

A facile template-free route to synthesize porous ZnO nanosheets with high surface area

X Hu, X Shen, R Huang, Y Masuda, T Ohji… - Journal of alloys and …, 2013 - Elsevier
Microporous and mesoporous ZnO nanosheets were successfully synthesized by a low-
temperature chemical bath deposition and subsequently thermal decomposition at 250° C …

Investigation of growth dynamics of nanostructured aluminum doped zinc oxide thin films deposited for the solar cell applications

F Abrinaei, M Shirazi, MT Hosseinnejad - Journal of Inorganic and …, 2016 - Springer
Al doped ZnO (AZO) is one of the most promising transparent conducting oxide materials,
which widely utilizes as a front contact for the cadmium telluride based thin film solar cells …

Influence of structural and chemical properties on electron transport in mesoporous ZnO-based dye-sensitized solar cell

H Abdullah, NP Ariyanto, B Yuliarto, I Asshaari, A Omar… - Ionics, 2015 - Springer
Two chemical bath deposition (CBD) solutions were prepared at two different temperatures
of 60 and 80° C for dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) application. The deposition time was …

Preparation of ZnO nanosheets by a novel microemulsion-based hydrothermal method

J Jiang, Z Huang, S Tan, Y Li, G Wang, X Tan - Materials Chemistry and …, 2012 - Elsevier
ZnO nanosheets have been successfully synthesized via a novel microemulsion-mediated
hydrothermal route at 80° C for 12h. The compositions and morphologies of the as-prepared …

The fabrication of rod-like and hierarchical ZnO nanomaterials by a simple and controllable method

C Peng, G Zhang, X Gong, R Sun - Materials science in semiconductor …, 2014 - Elsevier
Rod-like and hierarchical ZnO nanomaterials were fabricated via a single-step refluxing
route in water–methanol mixed solution without any surfactant or template at low …

Hierarchical rhombus-shaped ZnO array: synthesis, formation mechanism and solar cell application

Y Zhu, F Deng, L Feng, H Ding, SI Shah, C Ni - Journal of alloys and …, 2014 - Elsevier
A simple synthesis route was designed to fabricate a novel hierarchical nanostructure
consisting of a zinc hydroxide fluoride [Zn (OH) F] nanorod core with a shell of porous …