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Electrochemical Self‐Assembly of Dye‐Modified Zinc Oxide Thin Films
Author(s) -
Yoshida T.,
Minoura H.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/1521-4095(200008)12:16<1219::aid-adma1219>3.0.co;2-5
Subject(s) - materials science , zinc , electrochemistry , thin film , organic dye , oxide , dye sensitized solar cell , chemical engineering , porosity , semiconductor , inorganic chemistry , nanotechnology , electrode , optoelectronics , composite material , metallurgy , chemistry , engineering , electrolyte
One‐step electrochemical self‐assembly is an excellent new method for the construction of hybrid inorganic/organic films for dye‐sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). The promising oxide semiconductor zinc oxide can be electrodeposited in the presence of organic dye molecules to give porous thin films with varying morphology suitable for DSSCs (the Figure shows a ZnO film grown in the presence of a tetrasulfophthalocyanine).