Single-crystalline zinc oxide nanowires as photoanode material for dye-sensitized solar cells.
This study reports the use of single-crystalline and well-aligned ZnO nanowires as photoanode material for dye-sensitized solar cells. The ZnO nanowires are grown on fluorine-doped tin oxide coated glass substrates without catalysts by thermal evaporation. In spite of low roughness factors of around 25 for the nanowire photoanodes, the fabricated solar cells yield power conversion efficiencies of around 1.3% under AM 1.5G (100 mW cm-2) illumination. Moreover, fill factors of around 0.5 have been achieved and are relatively high when compared with reported values from ZnO nanowire photoanodes. The results reveal the advantage of using single-crystalline nanowires as photoanode material and provide clues for the advancement of nanowire based dye-sensitized solar cells.
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan.
Shu-Te
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Ho
Ching-Lun
CL
Hsiao
Hsin-Yu
HY
Lin
Hsiang-An
HA
Chen
Chiu-Yen
CY
Wang
Heh-Nan
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Lin