title: Accurate control of multishelled ZnO hollow microspheres for dye-sensitized solar cells with high efficiency.
abstract: A series of multishelled ZnO hollow microspheres with controlled shell number and inter-shell spacing have been successfully prepared by a simple carbonaceous microsphere templating method, whose large surface area and complex multishelled hollow structure enable them load sufficient dyes and multi-reflect the light for enhancing light harvesting and realize a high conversion efficiency of up to 5.6% when used in dye-sensitized solar cells.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Multi-phase Complex Systems, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Zhenghong
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.forename: Xiaoyong
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Lai
authors.forename: Jonathan E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Halpert
authors.forename: Nailiang
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Luoxin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Yi
authors.forename: Jin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhai
authors.forename: Dan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Zhiyong
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jiang
mesh_terms: D004396:Coloring Agents / Q000737:chemistry*; D011211:Electric Power Supplies; D006358:Hot Temperature; D008863:Microspheres; D055616:Microtechnology / Q000379:methods*; D012993:Solar Energy; D015034:Zinc Oxide / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D004396:Coloring Agents; D015034:Zinc Oxide