ZnO Nanocoral Structures for Photoelectrochemical Cells

Kwang Soon Ahn; Yanfa Yan; Sudhakar Shet; Kim Jones; Todd Deutsch; John Turner; Mowafak Al-Jassim

doi:10.1063/1.3002282

ZnO Nanocoral Structures for Photoelectrochemical Cells

Kwang Soon Ahn, Yanfa Yan, Sudhakar Shet, Kim Jones, Todd Deutsch, John Turner, Mowafak Al-Jassim

National Renewable Energy Laboratory

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Abstract

We report on synthesis of a uniform and large area of a new form of ZnO nanocorals. These nanostructures can provide suitable electrical pathways for efficient carrier collection as well as large surface areas for the photoelectrochemical (PEC) cells. PEC devices made from these ZnO nanocoral structures demonstrate significantly enhanced photoresponse as compared to ZnO compact and nanorod films. Our results suggest that the nanocoral structures could be an excellent choice for nanomaterial-based applications such as dye-sensitized solar cells, electrochromic windows, and batteries.

Original language	American English
Article number	Article No. 163117
Number of pages	3
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	93
Issue number	16
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3002282 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3002282
State	Published - 2008

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NREL/JA-520-42866

Keywords

electrochromic windows
Li ion batteries
photoelectrochemical cells
solar cells

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