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Solar Cells: In Situ Growth of a ZnO Nanowire Network within a TiO2 Nanoparticle Film for Enhanced Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell Performance (Adv. Mater. 43/2012)

  1. Yang Bai1,
  2. Hua Yu1,
  3. Zhen Li1,
  4. Rose Amal2,
  5. Gao Qing (Max) Lu1,
  6. Lianzhou Wang1,*

Article first published online: 8 NOV 2012

DOI: 10.1002/adma.201290267

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Advanced Materials

Advanced Materials

Volume 24, Issue 43, page 5849, November 14, 2012

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Bai, Y., Yu, H., Li, Z., Amal, R., Lu, G. Q. and Wang, L. (2012), Solar Cells: In Situ Growth of a ZnO Nanowire Network within a TiO2 Nanoparticle Film for Enhanced Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell Performance (Adv. Mater. 43/2012). Adv. Mater., 24: 5849. doi: 10.1002/adma.201290267

Author Information

  1. 1

    ARC Centre of Excellence for Functional Nanomaterials, School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia

  2. 2

    ARC Centre of Excellence for Functional Nanomaterials, School of Chemical Engineering, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia

*ARC Centre of Excellence for Functional Nanomaterials, School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia.

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  1. Issue published online: 8 NOV 2012
  2. Article first published online: 8 NOV 2012

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Keywords:

  • ZnO nanowire network;
  • TiO2 nanoparticles;
  • charge transfer;
  • light scattering;
  • dye-sensitized solar cells;
  • efficiency
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ZnO nanowire networks featuring excellent charge transport and light scattering properties are grown in situ in thin TiO2 films, as reported by Lianzhou Wang and co-workers on page 5850. The resultant TiO2/ZnO composites, used as photoanodes, remarkably enhance the overall conversion efficiency of dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) by 26.9%, compared to that of benchmark TiO2 films.

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