Soft processing of hierarchical oxide nanostructures for dye-sensitized solar cell applications

Jih Jen Wu; Wen Pin Liao; Masahiro Yoshimura

doi:10.1016/j.nanoen.2013.06.018

Soft processing of hierarchical oxide nanostructures for dye-sensitized solar cell applications

Jih Jen Wu
, Wen Pin Liao
, Masahiro Yoshimura

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Abstract

To improve the performance of dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs), numerous hierarchically nanostructured anodes based on nanoparticle films and nanowire arrays have been constructed, exhibiting a high surface area for dye adsorption and the ability to scatter light. This review briefly summarizes the latest progress in conventional solution processing and soft processing routes for fabricating hierarchical TiO₂ and ZnO nanostructures on transparent conducting oxide (TCO) substrates for DSSC anodes. Soft processing routes, which directly fabricate functional materials with the desired composition, structure, shape, size, location, and orientation with low energy, have been demonstrated to be efficient methods for preparing hierarchical DSSC anodes based on nanowire arrays on TCO substrates.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1354-1372
Number of pages	19
Journal	Nano Energy
Volume	2
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nanoen.2013.06.018
Publication status	Published - 2013 Nov

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General Materials Science
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