Abstract
Herein, we present a novel morphology for solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells based on the simple and straightforward self-assembly of nanorods into a 3D fibrous network of fused single-crystalline anatase nanowires. This architecture offers a high roughness factor, significant light scattering, and up to several orders of magnitude faster electron transport to reach a near-record-breaking conversion efficiency of 4.9%. © 2010 American Chemical Society.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 7644-7650 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | ACS Nano |
Volume | 4 |
Issue number | 12 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Nov 17 2010 |
Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
KAUST Repository Item: Exported on 2020-10-01Acknowledged KAUST grant number(s): KUS-C1-015-21
Acknowledgements: This publication was supported by the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST, Award No KUS-C1-015-21). J.B. received financial support from a Marie Curie Research Training Network, Hydrogen Project (MRTN-CT-2006-032474). N.C. and P.W. thank the financial support from the National Key Scientific Program (No. 2007CB936700) and the National Science Foundation of China (No. 50973105). This work was partially supported by the european project MULTIPLAT (NMP4-SL-2009-228943). T.M. acknowledges the ECR advanced grant agreement (No. 247404) under the CE-Mesolight project funded by the European community's 7th FWP.
This publication acknowledges KAUST support, but has no KAUST affiliated authors.