Fabrication of well-aligned and dumbbell-shaped hexagonal ZnO nanorod arrays and their dye sensitized solar cell applications

ZnO/Ag heterogeneous structure nanoarrays: Photocatalytic synthesis and used as substrate for surface-enhanced Raman scattering detection

“…However, more work is still needed to simplify the synthesis method and to improve the sensitivity. In this work, on the basis of previous works about the synthesis of ZnO nanoarrays [19][20][21][22], we deposited Ag nanoparticles onto the surfaces of ZnO nanoarrays through a photocatalytic process in which sunshine was applied as the light source. This method is very simple, economical, and low carbon.…”

Facile synthesis of ZnO nanobullets/nanoflakes and their applications to dye-sensitized solar cells

“…ZnO is an effective n-type semiconductor material, which has been explored in this field with great potential [33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42]. Recently, Zhang et al reported polydisperse ZnO aggregates based DSSCs, which achieved an overall energy conversion efficiency up to 5.4% [33,34].…”

Cascade structure of TiO2/ZnO/CdS film for quantum dot sensitized solar cells

“…Sensitized solar cells (SSCs) have attracted considerable attention and represent a key class of cell architecture that has emerged as a promising candidate for the development of next generation solar cells due to their acceptable power conversion efficiency and low production cost [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16]. SSCs are based on the photosensitization of nanocrystalline TiO 2 or ZnO semiconductor photoanode by absorbed dye or quantum dot (QD) sensitizers.…”