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Fabrication of an Efficient Light‐Scattering Functionalized Photoanode Using Periodically Aligned ZnO Hemisphere Crystals for Dye‐Sensitized Solar Cells
Author(s) -
Kim Ki Seok,
Song Hui,
Nam Sang Hoon,
Kim SangMook,
Jeong Huisu,
Kim Won Bae,
Jung Gun Young
Publication year - 2012
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.201103985
Subject(s) - materials science , dye sensitized solar cell , fabrication , scattering , optoelectronics , light scattering , thin film , electrode , nanotechnology , excited state , optics , medicine , chemistry , physics , alternative medicine , pathology , electrolyte , nuclear physics
A periodically aligned submicron ZnO hemispheres array was embedded into a TiO 2 nanoparticulate thin film (thickness; ca. 12 μm) as a photoanode for dye‐sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). The ZnO hemisphere array provided light scattering centers that excited more dyes and direct electron pathways to the electrodes, which is beneficial for high efficiency DSSCs.