ZnO nanoflakes nanomaterials via hydrothermal process for dye sensitized solar cells

Su Yang Han; M. Shaheer Akhtar; Insung Jung; O. Bong Yang

doi:10.1016/j.matlet.2018.07.083

ZnO nanoflakes nanomaterials via hydrothermal process for dye sensitized solar cells

Su Yang Han
, M. Shaheer Akhtar^*
, Insung Jung
, O. Bong Yang

^*Corresponding author for this work

Jeonbuk National University

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Abstract

This work reports on the synthesis of well-crystalline zinc oxide nanoflakes (ZnO-Nfs) nanomaterials via hydrothermal process and preparation of photoanode for the fabrication of dye sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). A Well-defined flake like morphology was obtained which possessed the average thickness of ∼100 nm. The structural, crystalline and optical analysis revealed that the synthesized ZnO-Nfs exhibited a good crystal structure along with typical hexagonal wurtzite structure. The synthesized ZnO-Nfs was used as photoanode for the DSSC applications which expressed a good overall conversion efficiency (η) of ∼3.39%, high short circuit current (J_SC) of 8.84 mA/cm², and open circuit voltage (V_OC) of 0.706 V with the fill factor (FF) of 0.54.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	92-95
Number of pages	4
Journal	Materials Letters
Volume	230
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2018.07.083
State	Published - 2018.11.1

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Keywords

Hydrothermal process
Interfaces
Solar energy materials
Surfaces
ZnO flakes

Quacquarelli Symonds(QS) Subject Topics

Engineering - Mechanical
Materials Science
Physics & Astronomy

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ZnO nanoflakes nanomaterials via hydrothermal process for dye sensitized solar cells

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