title: Metal-free organic dye sensitized solar cell based on perpendicular zinc oxide nanosheet thick films with high conversion efficiency.
abstract: Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs) with a high efficiency of 4.27%, which is superior to that of ZnO-based DSCs containing metal complex dyes such as N-719, under 100 mW cm(-2) illumination, are achieved by using metal-free organic dyes and a perpendicular ZnO nanosheet thick film synthesized by a self-templating method.
authors.affiliation: Nano-Energy Materials Group, Energy Technology Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Umezono, 1-1-1, Tsukuba, 305-8568, Japan.
authors.forename: Eiji
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hosono
authors.forename: Yosuke
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mitsui
authors.forename: Haoshen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhou