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Accurate Control of Multishelled ZnO Hollow Microspheres for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells with High Efficiency

  1. Zhenghong Dong1,3,
  2. Xiaoyong Lai1,
  3. Jonathan E. Halpert1,
  4. Nailiang Yang1,
  5. Luoxin Yi1,
  6. Jin Zhai4,
  7. Dan Wang1,*,
  8. Zhiyong Tang2,*,
  9. Lei Jiang4

Article first published online: 20 JAN 2012

DOI: 10.1002/adma.201104626

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Advanced Materials

Advanced Materials

Volume 24, Issue 8, pages 1046–1049, February 21, 2012

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Dong, Z., Lai, X., Halpert, J. E., Yang, N., Yi, L., Zhai, J., Wang, D., Tang, Z. and Jiang, L. (2012), Accurate Control of Multishelled ZnO Hollow Microspheres for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells with High Efficiency. Adv. Mater., 24: 1046–1049. doi: 10.1002/adma.201104626

Author Information

  1. 1

    State Key Laboratory of Multi-phase Complex Systems, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P. R. China

  2. 2

    National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing 100190, P. R. China

  3. 3

    Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China

  4. 4

    Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Center for Molecular Science, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P. R. China

*State Key Laboratory of Multi-phase Complex Systems, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P. R. China

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 14 FEB 2012
  2. Article first published online: 20 JAN 2012
  3. Manuscript Received: 4 DEC 2011

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Keywords:

  • multiple shell;
  • hollow spheres;
  • template synthesis;
  • ZnO;
  • dye-sensitized solar cells
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A series of multishelled ZnO hollow microspheres with controlled shell number and inter-shell spacing have been successfully prepared by a simple carbonaceous microsphere templating method, whose large surface area and complex multishelled hollow structure enable them load sufficient dyes and multi-reflect the light for enhancing light harvesting and realize a high conversion efficiency of up to 5.6% when used in dye-sensitized solar cells.

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