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ArticleNanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2020

Titanium Dioxide-Coated Zinc Oxide Nanorods as an Efficient Photoelectrode in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells.

Qiang Zhang, Shengwen Hou, Chaoyang Li

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Article in Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Nanostructured Materials for Solar Cell Applications.Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Qiang ZhangSchool of Systems Engineering, Kochi University of Technology, Kami, Kochi 782-8502, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-2361-2267
Shengwen HouCenter for Nanotechnology, Kochi University of Technology, Kami, Kochi 782-8502, Japan.
Chaoyang LiSchool of Systems Engineering, Kochi University of Technology, Kami, Kochi 782-8502, Japan.

Funding

Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology 17K06394
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Well-arrayed zinc oxide nanorods applied as photoelectrodes for dye-sensitized solar cells were synthesized on an aluminum-doped zinc oxide substrate by the multi-annealing method. In order to improve the chemical stability and surface-to-volume ratio of photoanodes in dye-sensitized solar cells, the synthesized zinc oxide nanorods were coated with pure anatase phase titanium dioxide film using a novel mist chemical vapor deposition method. The effects of the titanium dioxide film on the morphological, structural, optical, and photovoltaic properties of zinc oxide-titanium dioxide core-shell nanorods were investigated. It was found that the diameter and surface-to-volume ratio of zinc oxide nanorods were significantly increased by coating them with titanium dioxide thin film. The power conversion efficiency of dye-sensitized solar cells was improved from 1.31% to 2.68% by coating titanium dioxide film onto the surface of zinc oxide nanorods.

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core–shell nanorodsdye-sensitized solar cellmist chemical vapor depositiontitanium dioxidezinc oxide

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PMID32823982
PMCPMC7466684

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