High-yield synthesis of single-crystalline zinc oxide nanobelts and their applications in novel Schottky solar cells

High-quality ZnO nanobelts were synthesized through introducing an unsteady state in the vapour transport process and their applications in novel Schottky solar cells were demonstrated by contact-printing the ZnO nanobelt network onto a pre-patterned Pt electrode followed by the deposition of a Ti/Au electrode.