Solution processed ZnO rectangular prism as an effective photoanode material for dye sensitized solar cells

F. A. Al-Agel; M. Shaheer Akhtar; H. Alshammari; A. Alshammari; Shamshad A. Khan

doi:10.1016/j.matlet.2015.02.025

Solution processed ZnO rectangular prism as an effective photoanode material for dye sensitized solar cells

F. A. Al-Agel^*
, M. Shaheer Akhtar
, H. Alshammari
, A. Alshammari
, Shamshad A. Khan

^*Corresponding author for this work

Graduate School of Intergrated Physical-AI

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Abstract

Well crystalline ZnO rectangular prism (ZnO-RP) nanomaterials were synthesized by a low temperature solution process and employed as photoanode materials for the dye sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). Synthesized nanomaterials featured the define rectangular prism morphology with the average thickness of ~100 nm and possessed typical hexagonal wurtzite structure. ZnO-RP photoanode presented a reasonable conversion efficiency (η) of ~3.3% along with high short circuit current (J_SC) of ~8.91 mA/cm², open circuit voltage (V_OC) of ~0.725 V and fill factor (FF) of ~0.51 in DSSC. The rectangular shape of ZnO could provide high surface to volume ratio for dye absorption and light harvesting efficiency, which significantly resulted in high J_SC and conversion efficiency of DSSC.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	119-122
Number of pages	4
Journal	Materials Letters
Volume	147
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2015.02.025
State	Published - 2015.05.15

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Keywords

Interfaces
Rectangular prism
Solar energy materials
Surface area
ZnO

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Materials Science
Engineering - Mechanical
Physics & Astronomy

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Solution processed ZnO rectangular prism as an effective photoanode material for dye sensitized solar cells

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