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 …

Improving photoanodes to obtain highly efficient dye-sensitized solar cells: a brief review

K Fan, J Yu, W Ho - Materials Horizons, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) feature low cost, stability, and environment friendliness
and are thus a promising substitute for traditional silicon solar cells. DSSCs have received …

Highly efficient dye-sensitized solar cells: progress and future challenges

S Zhang, X Yang, Y Numata, L Han - Energy & Environmental Science, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
High energy conversion efficiency is one of the most important keys to the commercialization
of dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs) in the huge electricity generation market. According to …

Electron Mobility and Injection Dynamics in Mesoporous ZnO, SnO2, and TiO2 Films Used in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

P Tiwana, P Docampo, MB Johnston, HJ Snaith… - ACS …, 2011 - ACS Publications
High-performance dye-sensitized solar cells are usually fabricated using nanostructured
TiO2 as a thin-film electron-collecting material. However, alternative metal-oxides are …

SnO2-Based Dye-Sensitized Hybrid Solar Cells Exhibiting Near Unity Absorbed Photon-to-Electron Conversion Efficiency

HJ Snaith, C Ducati - Nano letters, 2010 - ACS Publications
Improving the solar light harvesting and photon-to-electron conversion efficiency for hybrid,
organic− inorganic photovoltaics are critical challenges. Titania based solid-state hybrid …

Control of charge recombination dynamics in dye sensitized solar cells by the use of conformally deposited metal oxide blocking layers

E Palomares, JN Clifford, SA Haque… - Journal of the …, 2003 - ACS Publications
We report herein a methodology for conformally coating nanocrystalline TiO2 films with a
thin overlayer of a second metal oxide. SiO2, Al2O3, and ZrO2 overlayers were fabricated by …

ZnO−Al2O3 and ZnO−TiO2 Core−Shell Nanowire Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

M Law, LE Greene, A Radenovic… - The Journal of …, 2006 - ACS Publications
We describe the construction and performance of dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs) based
on arrays of ZnO nanowires coated with thin shells of amorphous Al2O3 or anatase TiO2 by …

Nanocrystalline dye‐sensitized solar cells having maximum performance

JM Kroon, NJ Bakker, HJP Smit, P Liska… - Progress in …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
This paper presents an overview of the research carried out by a European consortium with
the aim to develop and test new and improved ways to realise dye‐sensitized solar cells …

Band‐Edge Engineered Hybrid Structures for Dye‐Sensitized Solar Cells Based on SnO2 Nanowires

S Gubbala, V Chakrapani, V Kumar… - Advanced Functional …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
In this report, we show for the first time that SnO2 nanowire based dye sensitized solar cells
exhibit an open circuit voltage of 560 mV, which is 200 mV higher than that using SnO2 …

Synthesis of SnO2–ZnO heterostructured nanofibers for enhanced ethanol gas-sensing performance

SH Yan, SY Ma, WQ Li, XL Xu, L Cheng… - Sensors and actuators B …, 2015 - Elsevier
SnO 2–ZnO hetero-nanofibers were fabricated by a facile electrospinning method and
calcination in this study. The SnO 2–ZnO nanofibers were characterized by scanning …