Rapid charge transport in dye-sensitized solar cells made from vertically aligned single-crystal rutile TiO(2) nanowires.
A rapid solvothermal approach was used to synthesize aligned 1D single-crystal rutile TiO(2) nanowire (NW) arrays on transparent conducting substrates as electrodes for dye-sensitized solar cells. The NW arrays showed a more than 200 times faster charge transport and a factor four lower defect state density than conventional rutile nanoparticle films.
Department of Chemistry, Materials Research Institute, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, 16802, USA.
Xinjian
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Feng
Kai
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Zhu
Arthur J
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Frank
Craig A
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Grimes
Thomas E
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Mallouk