title: Controllable growth of dendritic ZnO nanowire arrays on a stainless steel mesh towards the fabrication of large area, flexible dye-sensitized solar cells.
abstract: Well-defined ZnO nanowire (NW) arrays with controlled dendritic structures were successfully built on a stainless steel mesh and utilized as photoanodes for the fabrication of large-area, flexible dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). The dendritic nanostructure proves favorable for the improvement of the overall light conversion efficiency of the DSSC. An optimized etching time for the affixion of ZnO seeds on the ZnO backbone of the dendritic "tree" and the controlled growth conditions of the branch NW are critical to achieve high conversion efficiency solar cells.
authors: Eco-Materials and Renewable Energy Research Center-ERERC, National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, P. R. China.
authors: Hui
authors: H
authors: Dai
authors: Yong
authors: Y
authors: Zhou
authors: Qi
authors: Q
authors: Liu
authors: Zhengdao
authors: Z
authors: Li
authors: Chunxiong
authors: C
authors: Bao
authors: Tao
authors: T
authors: Yu
authors: Zhigang
authors: Z
authors: Zhou
mesh_terms: D004396:Coloring Agents / Q000737:chemistry*; D053770:Nanowires / Q000737:chemistry*; D012993:Solar Energy; D013193:Stainless Steel / Q000737:chemistry*; D013472:Sunlight; D015034:Zinc Oxide / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D004396:Coloring Agents; D013193:Stainless Steel; D015034:Zinc Oxide