Passivation of ZnO Nanowire Guests and 3D Inverse Opal Host Photoanodes for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

Philippe Labouchere; Aravind Kumar Chandiran; Thomas Moehl; Hauke Harms; Sudam Chavhan; Ramon Tena-Zaera; Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin; Michael Graetzel; Nicolas Tetreault

doi:10.1002/aenm.201400217

Passivation of ZnO Nanowire Guests and 3D Inverse Opal Host Photoanodes for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

Philippe Labouchere, Aravind Kumar Chandiran, Thomas Moehl, Hauke Harms, Sudam Chavhan, Ramon Tena-Zaera, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Michael Graetzel, Nicolas Tetreault

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A hierarchical host-guest nanostructured photoanode is reported for dye-sensitized solar cells. It is composed of ZnO nanowires grown in situ into the macropores of a 3D ZnO inverse opal structure, which acts both as a seed layer and as a conductive backbone host. Using a combination of self-assembly, hydrothermal or electrodeposition of single crystalline ZnO nanowires and TiO2 passivation, a novel photoanode with scattering capability for optimal light harvesting is fabricated. © 2014 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1400217
Journal	Advanced Energy Materials
Volume	4
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.201400217
State	Published - Apr 23 2014
Externally published	Yes

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KAUST Repository Item: Exported on 2020-10-01
Acknowledged KAUST grant number(s): KUS-C1-015-21
Acknowledgements: This project was partially supported by the EU FP7 project "ORION" grant agreement number NMP-229036 and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST, Award No. KUS-C1-015-21). The authors thank the Sino Swiss Science and Technology Cooperation Program (No. IZLCZ2_139056) for financial assistance. M. G. thanks the European Research Council (ERC) for an Advanced Research Grant (No. 247404) funded under the CE-Mesolight project. The authors are grateful for financial support from the Balzan Foundation as part of the 2009 Balzan Prize award to M. G.. R.T.-Z. acknowledges support from the "Ramon and Cajal" Programme of the MICINN. The authors would like to thank Dr. Mohammed Shaik Zakeeruddin and Dr. Fabrizio Giordano for providing them with Z960 electrolyte and Dr. Chenyi Yi for Y123 dye. They also wish to thank Dr. Robin Humphry-Baker for his help for the absorbance measurements.
This publication acknowledges KAUST support, but has no KAUST affiliated authors.

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