title: Nanocrystalline TiO2/ZnO thin films: fabrication and application to dye-sensitized solar cells.
abstract: Nanocrystalline TiO2 thin films composed of densely packed grains were deposited onto indium-doped tin oxide (ITO)-coated glass substrates at room temperature using a chemical bath deposition technique. A layer-by-layer (LbL) process was utilized to obtain a 1.418-microm-thick TiO2/ZnO structure. The TiO2 surface was super-hydrophilic, but its hydrophilicity decreased considerably after ZnO deposition. Other TiO2/ZnO films were studied to assess their suitability as photoelectrodes in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs).
authors.affiliation: Inorganic Nano-Materials Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Hanyang University, Sungdong-Ku, Haengdang 17, Seoul 133-791, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Rajaram S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Mane
authors.forename: Won Joo
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Habib M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Pathan
authors.forename: Sung-Hwan
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Han