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Nanoscale Res Lett. 2011 Dec;6(1):38. doi: 10.1007/s11671-010-9804-x. Epub 2010 Sep 26.

Flexible Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell Based on Vertical ZnO Nanowire Arrays.

Nanoscale research letters

Sheng Chu, Dongdong Li, Pai-Chun Chang, Jia G Lu

Affiliations

  1. Department of Physics and Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 90089-0484, USA.
  2. Division of Energy and Environmental Research, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 201203, China.
  3. Department of Physics and Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 90089-0484, USA. [email protected].

PMID: 27502660 PMCID: PMC3211473 DOI: 10.1007/s11671-010-9804-x

Abstract

Flexible dye-sensitized solar cells are fabricated using vertically aligned ZnO nanowire arrays that are transferred onto ITO-coated poly(ethylene terephthalate) substrates using a simple peel-off process. The solar cells demonstrate an energy conversion efficiency of 0.44% with good bending tolerance. This technique paves a new route for building large-scale cost-effective flexible photovoltaic and optoelectronic devices.

Keywords: Dye-sensitized solar cells; Flexible electronics; Peel off; Vertical alignment; ZnO nanowires

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