ZnO nanotube-based dye-sensitized solar cell and its application in self-powered devices

Jingbin Han; Fengru Fan; Chen Xu; Shisheng Lin; Min Wei; Xue Duan; Zhong Lin Wang

doi:10.1088/0957-4484/21/40/405203

ZnO nanotube-based dye-sensitized solar cell and its application in self-powered devices

Jingbin Han, Fengru Fan, Chen Xu, Shisheng Lin, Min Wei, Xue Duan, Zhong Lin Wang

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Abstract High-density vertically aligned ZnO nanotube arrays were fabricated on FTO substrates by a simple and facile chemical etching process from electrodeposited ZnO nanorods. The nanotube formation was rationalized in terms of selective dissolution of the (001) polar face. The morphology of the nanotubes can be readily controlled by electrodeposition parameters for the nanorod precursor. By employing the 5.1 μm-length nanotubes as the photoanode for a dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC), a full-sun conversion efficiency of 1.18% was achieved. Furthermore, we show that the DSSC unit can serve as a robust power source to drive a humidity sensor, with a potential for self-powered devices. © 2010 IOP Publishing Ltd.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	405203
Journal	Nanotechnology
Volume	21
Issue number	40
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/0957-4484/21/40/405203
State	Published - Sep 10 2010
Externally published	Yes

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Acknowledgements: This research was supported by BES DOE (DE-FG02-07ER46394), the KAUST Global Research Partnership and NSF (DMS0706436 and CMMI 0403671). JH, FF and SL thank the partial fellowship support by their universities and the China Scholarship Council (CSC) (no. 20073020).
This publication acknowledges KAUST support, but has no KAUST affiliated authors.

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