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The Fabrication of an Upright‐Standing Zinc Oxide Nanosheet for Use in Dye‐Sensitized Solar Cells
Author(s) -
Hosono E.,
Fujihara S.,
Honma I.,
Zhou H.
Publication year - 2005
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/adma.200500275
Subject(s) - materials science , dye sensitized solar cell , nanosheet , zinc , fabrication , nanocrystalline material , substrate (aquarium) , hydroxide , pyrolysis , energy conversion efficiency , chemical engineering , nanotechnology , oxide , optoelectronics , electrode , metallurgy , electrolyte , medicine , chemistry , alternative medicine , oceanography , pathology , geology , engineering
Upright‐standing nanocrystalline ZnO films , with the c ‐axis parallel to the substrate, are fabricated by the pyrolysis of films made of upright‐standing sheets of layered hydroxide zinc carbonate (LHZC) (see Figure). Dye‐sensitized solar cells (DSCs) prepared using the ZnO films possess the highest level of conversion efficiency for 1.5 AM illumination in ZnO DSCs due to the specific morphology of the ZnO electrode.