The fabrication and characterization of dye-sensitized solar cells with a branched structure of ZnO nanowires

Suh, Duk-Il; Lee, S.-Y.; Kim, Tae-Hwan; Chun, Jang H.; Suh, Eun Kyung; Yang, O‐Bong; Lee, S.-K.

doi:10.1016/j.cplett.2007.05.093

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“…Recently, ZnO with various nanostructures: nanowires, nanorods, nanoflowers, or nanosheets have garnered attention due to excellent optical, electrical and structural properties (Kanmani et al, 2012;Plank et al, 2009). The ZnO based DSSC has been widely investigated as a third generation solar cells because of its potential commercialization, low cost and simple construction (Suh et al, 2007). It has higher electron mobility than TiO 2 and lower recombination probability.…”

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Preparation and Characterization of Zinc Oxide Based Photoanode for Dye-sensitized Solar Cell using Delonix Regia Natural Dye Extract

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As of late, research on the fabrication of natural dye-sensitized solar cells has been growing tremendously, largely due to its low cost and environmentally friendly nature. We have fabricated Zinc Oxide (ZnO) based Dye-sensitized Solar Cell (DSSC) using Delonix Regia, locally known as the Gulmohar flower natural dye extract. Zinc Oxide nanostructure films were allowed to grow on Fluorine-doped Tin Oxide (FTO) substrates via hydrothermal process. The seed layer for this was prepared by the spin coating method. The ZnO film's structure, topology, and optical properties were then studied using X-ray Diffraction (XRD), an Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) and an Ultraviolet Visible (UV-Vis) Spectrophotometer respectively. The X-ray results showed the hexagonal system structure of ZnO oriented along (101) planes. The effect of ethylene glycol on the structural property of ZnO film was also studied. The current voltage curve of DSSC showed the open circuit voltage and short circuit current of 360 mV and 80 µA respectively.

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Preparation and Characterization of Zinc Oxide Based Photoanode for Dye-sensitized Solar Cell using Delonix Regia Natural Dye Extract

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“…Thavasi et al [27], have presented the most recent results and the possible improvements using titanium oxide nanorods for dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSC) as well as other effects on the electronic transport on 1D-structures. The use of ZnO one-dimensional for DSSC has been also studied in several works [28,7,29,30] and some improvements in the performance of these devices are expected in the next years.…”

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“…Zinc oxide is a semiconductor material with very interesting properties, among them, high sensitivity for gas sensing, piezoelectricity and photoconductivity [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]. It has an energy band-gap of 3.37 eV and an exciton binding energy of approximately 60 meV, characteristics that make possible its use for different electronic devices as diodes, field-effect transistors, conductometric sensors and dye-sensitized solar cells [11][12][13][14][15][16]1,8,9].…”

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“…It has an energy band-gap of 3.37 eV and an exciton binding energy of approximately 60 meV, characteristics that make possible its use for different electronic devices as diodes, field-effect transistors, conductometric sensors and dye-sensitized solar cells [11][12][13][14][15][16]1,8,9]. Nowadays, several techniques are being used to synthesize different nanostructures of this material; sol-gel and hydrothermal methods [7,1,6,4,9,5,17], chemical vapor deposition [18][19][20][21][22][23][24] and physical vapor deposition [25,26,2]. The products of these processes include nanoparticles, thin films, nanowires, nanorods and nanobelts.…”

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Synthesis of different ZnO nanostructures by modified PVD process and potential use for dye-sensitized solar cells

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a b s t r a c t Different ZnO nanostructures were synthesized by physical vapor deposition on glass-ITO substrates. Nanowires and nanosheets were obtained by a single step process using gold nanoparticles and gold thin films as catalyst. 3D nanoarchitectures were obtained by a two-step modified process; the morphology of these structures depends on the catalyst used for the second deposition: gold nanoparticles or zinc acetate seeds. All the nanostructures were characterized by SEM and TEM analyses, which showed the different morphology under same conditions of temperature, pressure, oxide precursor and deposition time. Dye-sensitized solar cells based on these ZnO structures were successfully assembled, using N179 as sensitizer with efficiencies between 0.1% and 0.5%. In spite of the low efficiency of the cells, a novel double PVD process is presented and its integration capability into solar cell devices has been proven.

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“…14,15 Branched ZnO nanowire structure has recently been used in DSC. 16 In this study, a theoretical model was developed by taking a thermionic emission model into consideration and investigating the ZnO/TCO interfacial effects on the performance of DSC. TCO substrate can be considered to be metal as it is heavily doped (e.g., doped SnO 2 ) and has high electrical conductivity.…”

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Numerical model for the prediction of interfacial effect of ZnO/TCO on the performance of dye-sensitized solar cells

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Abstract. The dye-sensitized nanocrystalline solar cell (DSC) offers potential opportunities in the area of renewable energy sources mainly due to its simple fabrication procedure and use of low cost materials. A theoretical model based on the thermionic emission theory was developed to determine the interfacial effect of ZnO/TCO on the performance of DSC. It was found that under conditions where thermionic emission is valid, photoelectric outputs are affected by temperature and Schottky barrier height (ϕ b ). The model can be used to facilitate better selection of suitable TCO material.

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The fabrication and characterization of dye-sensitized solar cells with a branched structure of ZnO nanowires

Cited by 132 publications

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Preparation and Characterization of Zinc Oxide Based Photoanode for Dye-sensitized Solar Cell using Delonix Regia Natural Dye Extract

Preparation and Characterization of Zinc Oxide Based Photoanode for Dye-sensitized Solar Cell using Delonix Regia Natural Dye Extract

Synthesis of different ZnO nanostructures by modified PVD process and potential use for dye-sensitized solar cells

Numerical model for the prediction of interfacial effect of ZnO/TCO on the performance of dye-sensitized solar cells

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