Interfacial engineering of CuO nanorod/ZnO nanowire hybrid nanostructure photoanode in dye-sensitized solar cell
Yazarlar (7)
Prof. Dr. Bayram KILIÇ
Yalova Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Prof. Dr. Sunay TÜRKDOĞAN
Yalova Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Erzincan Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Yalova Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Yalova Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Atatürk Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Atatürk Üniversitesi, Türkiye
| Makale Türü | Özgün Makale |
| Makale Alt Türü | SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayınlanan tam makale |
| Dergi Adı | Journal of Nanoparticle Research |
| Dergi ISSN | 1388-0764 Wos Dergi Scopus Dergi |
| Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler | SCI-Expanded |
| Makale Dili | İngilizce |
| Basım Tarihi | 01-2018 |
| Cilt No | 20 |
| Sayı | 1 |
| Sayfalar | 11 / 0 |
| DOI Numarası | 10.1007/s11051-017-4103-4 |
| Makale Linki | http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s11051-017-4103-4 |
| Özet |
| Developing efficient and cost-effective photoanode plays a vital role determining the photocurrent and photovoltage in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). Here, we demonstrate DSSCs that achieve relatively high power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) by using one-dimensional (1D) zinc oxide (ZnO) nanowires and copper (II) oxide (CuO) nanorods hybrid nanostructures. CuO nanorod-based thin films were prepared by hydrothermal method and used as a blocking layer on top of the ZnO nanowires’ layer. The use of 1D ZnO nanowire/CuO nanorod hybrid nanostructures led to an exceptionally high photovoltaic performance of DSSCs with a remarkably high open-circuit voltage (0.764 V), short current density (14.76 mA/cm2 under AM1.5G conditions), and relatively high solar to power conversion efficiency (6.18%). The enhancement of the solar to power conversion efficiency can be explained in terms of the lag effect of the interfacial recombination dynamics of CuO nanorod-blocking layer on ZnO nanowires. This work shows more economically feasible method to bring down the cost of the nano-hybrid cells and promises for the growth of other important materials to further enhance the solar to power conversion efficiency. |
| Anahtar Kelimeler |
| Composite nanomaterials | CuO nanorods | ZnO nanowires | ZnO/CuO hybrid structures | Dye-sensitized solar cells | Interface engineering |
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| Atıf Sayıları | |
| WoS | 15 |
| SCOPUS | 16 |