Synthesis of oriented ZnO nanostructure arrays for solar cell applications

D. Sridhar; Jining Xie; Jose K Abraham; Vijay K. Varadan; Sang H. Choi

doi:10.1117/12.668743

31 March 2006 Synthesis of oriented ZnO nanostructure arrays for solar cell applications

D. Sridhar, Jining Xie, Jose K Abraham, Vijay K. Varadan, Sang H. Choi

Proceedings Volume 6172, Smart Structures and Materials 2006: Smart Electronics, MEMS, BioMEMS, and Nanotechnology; 617208 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.668743
Event: SPIE Smart Structures and Materials + Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring, 2006, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Investigation of nanorod based solar cells is being conducted towards developing alternative, lightweight, flexible devices for commercial applications. A lot of research has been done in the area of dye sensitized solar cells in particular, which is currently the most stable and efficient excitonic solar cell. Aligned ZnO nanorods, with their high carrier mobilities serve as the conduction pathways for the excitons. In this paper we present seed synthesis techniques to obtain uniform aligned ZnO nanorod arrays with good crystalline on transparent conducting substrates. Scanning electron microscope, transmission electron microscope and electron diffraction were performed for material characterization. A comparative study is given for these two methods.

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D. Sridhar, Jining Xie, Jose K Abraham, Vijay K. Varadan, and Sang H. Choi "Synthesis of oriented ZnO nanostructure arrays for solar cell applications", Proc. SPIE 6172, Smart Structures and Materials 2006: Smart Electronics, MEMS, BioMEMS, and Nanotechnology, 617208 (31 March 2006); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.668743

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