Title :
Efficiency Enhancement of DSSC With Aqueous Solution Deposited ZnO Nanotip Array
Author :
Ming-Kwei Lee ; Han Yen ; Nai-Roug Cheng
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Chung Yuan Christian Univ., Chungli, Taiwan
Abstract :
The efficiency of dye-sensitized solar cell with ZnO nanotip array was investigated. The ZnO seed layer was first prepared on the glass side of glass/ TiO2 electrode by RF sputtering. Zinc nitrate and ammonium hydroxide were used as precursors for the growth of ZnO nanotip array with the density of 8.2×108 cm-2 on ZnO seed layer by aqueous solution deposition at 85 °C. There is about 16% efficiency enhancement for DSSC with ZnO nanotip array.
Keywords :
II-VI semiconductors; electrodes; nanophotonics; optical arrays; solar cells; sputter deposition; wide band gap semiconductors; zinc compounds; DSSC; RF sputtering; SiO2-TiO2; ZnO nanotip array; ZnO-SiO2-TiO2; aqueous solution deposition; dye-sensitized solar cell; efficiency enhancement; glass-TiO2 electrode; radiofrequency sputtering; temperature 85 degC; Annealing; Arrays; Decision support systems; Electrodes; Glass; Photovoltaic cells; Zinc oxide; DSSC; ZnO; aqueous solution deposition; efficiency;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2013.2296098