Reducing recombination in ZnO photoanodes for dye sensitised solar cells through simple chemical synthesis

被引：8

作者：

Etgar, Lioz ^{[1
,4
]}

Bendall, James S. ^{[2
]}

Laporte, Vincent ^{[3
]}

Welland, Mark E. ^{[2
]}

Graetzel, Michael ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Swiss Fed Inst Technol, Lab Photon & Interfaces, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland

[2] Univ Cambridge, Neurosci Ctr, Cambridge CB3 0FF, England

[3] Swiss Fed Inst Technol, Interdisciplinary Ctr Electron Microscopy, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland

[4] Hebrew Univ Jerusalem, Inst Chem, IL-91904 Jerusalem, Israel

来源：

JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY | 2012年 / 22卷 / 46期

关键词：

PHOTOLUMINESCENT PROPERTIES; THIN-FILMS; GROWTH;

D O I：

10.1039/c2jm34904c

中图分类号：

O64 [物理化学（理论化学）、化学物理学];

学科分类号：

070304 ; 081704 ;

摘要：

A method has been developed to synthesise zinc oxide nanowire arrays that demonstrate superior device performance compared to conventional ZnO nanowires within dye sensitised solar cells (DSSCs). This simple yet effective methodology has produced nanowires with triple device performance when compared to conventional ZnO nanowire DSSCs. We have fully characterised the morphology and physical properties of these wires and have demonstrated that the device improvements are due to a reduction in the recombination centres associated with the ZnO crystal.

引用

页码：24463 / 24468

页数：6

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