Three-dimensional ZnO nanodendrite/nanoparticle composite solar cells

Morphology Evolution of ZnO Submicroparticles Induced by Laser Irradiation and Their Enhanced Tribology Properties by Compositing with Al2O3 Nanoparticles

“…However, in this case, how to synthesis nanoparticles with special size and morphology is very important. Generally speaking, there are two kinds of methods to prepare nanoparticles, e.g., physical and chemical methods, such as sol–gel, hydrothermal method, chemical bath deposition, and laser ablation . But nanoparticles with relative high surface activity prepared by these methods are easy to agglomerate and hard to disperse without modifications.…”

One-Step Hydrothermal Synthesis of Comb-Like ZnO Nanostructures

“…It has been demonstrated that ZnO NSSs can improve the energy conversion efficiency (3.74% 8,11 ) by 150%, when compared with simple one-dimensional (1-D) nanowire arrays (~1.5%) for DSSCs 7 . Highly branched ZnO NSSs also exhibit superior performance in various other devices such as solar-assisted water splitting electrodes 12 , nanolasers 13 , biosensors 14 , optical gratings 15,16 /polarizers 16 , field emission 17 , and microwave absorption 18 .…”

Current progress in developing metal oxide nanoarrays-based photoanodes for photoelectrochemical water splitting

“…The average lengths and diameters of the ZnO secondary branches were measured to be about 200 and 30 nm, respectively. ZnO spines generated by a CBD method using a stirred aqueous solution of NaOH and zinc acetate at appropriate temperature can be also acted as seeds for secondary branching growth [159,173]. After 3.5 h stirring, the lengths and diameters of the branches are $200 and 20-50 nm, respectively.…”