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CRYSTENGCOMM
卷 17, 期 43, 页码 8353-8367出版社
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c5ce01438g
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- University Grants Commission (UGC), Government of India, New Delhi [41-376/2012]
- Pondicherry University Start-up grant [PU/PC/Start-up Grant/2010-12/309]
- DST-TSD grant [PT/2011/178-G]
- UGC
ZnO nanoparticles with different morphologies including marigold flower-like (MGFL), multipod jasmine flower-like (MPJF), sea urchin-rod flower-like (URFL), calendula flower-like (CDFL) and rice grain shape-like (RGSL) were successfully synthesized by decomposing either the Zn(OH)(4)(2-) or Zn(NH3)(4)(2+) precursor in different solvents such as H2O, ethylene glycol (EG) and ethanol (EtOH) via one-pot rapid microwave-assisted hydro/solvothermal (MW-HT/ST) methods. From the obtained ZnO, we have developed two types of innovative photoanode configurations such as the nano-hybrid architecture and the bi-layer architecture via integration and layer-by-layer coating of flower-like URFL-ZnO and RGSL-ZnO nanoparticles, respectively, for dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). Interestingly, the URFL/RGSL-ZnO nano-hybrid architecture photoanode-based DSSCs showed remarkably enhanced power conversion efficiency (PCE) as high as 5.64% compared to DSSCs based on their individual components such as flower-like URFL-ZnO and RGSL-ZnO nanoparticles which exhibited PCEs of 2.05% and 0.95%, respectively. In contrast, two types of bi-layer architecture photoanodes which were composed of an RGSL-ZnO layer on top of URFL-ZnO and vice versa exhibited PCEs of 1.74% and 2.26%, respectively. It is revealed that the hybrid architecture exhibits superior enhancement in PCE when compared to the bi-layer architecture assembly and their respective individual bare ZnO components, which was mainly attributed to the synergistic effect of the two different morphologies when blended together at a nanoscale level. Indeed, superior light-scattering ability and anchoring of more dye molecules were provided by URFL-ZnO. The fast electron transport through better inter-particle and electronic contacts with the fluorine-doped SnO2 glass (FTO) substrate was facilitated by RGSL-ZnO nanoparticles. Hence, the present investigation facilitates a promising way to enhance the efficiency of ZnO-based DSSCs by tuning different morphologies with innovative device architecture.
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