A new ZnO nanotetrapods/SnO2nanoparticles composite photoanode for high efficiency flexible dye-sensitized solar cells
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Wei Chen, Yongcai Qiu, Shihe Yang
We report a new photoanode for flexible dye sensitized solar cells based on a judicious combination of SnO2 nanoparticles and ZnO nanotetrapods and the development of an effective low temperature fabrication technique of “acetic acid gelation–mechanical press–ammonia activation”. A 4.91% efficiency has been achieved on an ITO-coated polyethylenenaphthalate (ITO/PEN) substrate under 1 sun equivalent illumination. The peculiar symmetrical branching morphology of ZnO nanotetrapods is beneficial to charge collection of the SnO2/ZnO composite photoanode. The formation of a thin ZnO shell on SnO2 nanoparticles, after ammonia activation, is critical to boosting the open-circuit photovoltage and to improving inter-particle contacts as well as photoelectron injection. The mechanical press, apart from enhancing film durability, has also significantly improved charge collection.
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