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Effect of ZnO nanoparticles coating layers on top of ZnO nanowires for morphological, optical, and photovoltaic properties of dye-sensitized solar cells
, Article Micromachines ; Volume 10, Issue 12 , 2019 ; 2072666X (ISSN) ; Farooq, W. A ; Iftikhar Khan, M ; Niaz Akhtar, M ; Rehman, S. U ; Ahmad, N ; Khalid, M ; Atif, M ; AlMutairi, M. A ; Irfan, M ; Sharif University of Technology
MDPI AG
2019
Abstract
This paper reports on the synthesis of ZnO nanowires (NWs), as well asthe compound nanostructures of nanoparticles (NPs) and nanowires (NWs+NPs) with different coating layers of NPs on the top of NWs and their integration in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). In compound nanostructures, NWs offer direct electrical pathways for fast electron transfer, and the NPs of ZnOdispread and fill the interstices between the NWs of ZnO, offering a huge surface area for enough dye anchoring and promoting light harvesting. A significant photocurrent density of 2.64mA/cm2 and energy conversion efficiency of 1.43% was obtained with NWs-based DSSCs. The total solar-to-electric energy conversion efficiency...