Chemical Conversion Synthesis of ZnS Shell on ZnO Nanowire Arrays: Morphology Evolution and Its Effect on Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell
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- 作者：Lizhu Liu ; Yiqing Chen ; Taibo Guo ; Yunqing Zhu ; Yong Su ; Chong Jia ; Meiqin Wei ; Yinfen Cheng
- 刊名：ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
- 出版年：2012
- 出版时间：January 25, 2012
- 年：2012
- 卷：4
- 期：1
- 页码：17-23
- 全文大小：481K
- 年卷期：v.4,no.1(January 25, 2012)
- ISSN：1944-8252
文摘
Heterostructured ZnO/ZnS core/shell nanowire arrays have been successfully fabricated to serve as photoanode for the dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) by a facile two-step approach, combining hydrothermal deposition and liquid-phase chemical conversion process. The morphology evolution of the ZnS coated on the ZnO nanowires and its effect on the performance of the DSSCs were systematically investigated by varying the reaction time during the chemical conversion process. The results show that the compact ZnS shell can effectively promote the photogenerated electrons transfer from the excited dye molecules to the conduction band of the ZnO, simultaneously suppress the recombination for the injected elelctrons from the dye and the redox electrolyte. As reaction time goes by, the surface of the nanowires becomes coarse because of the newly formed ZnS nanoparticles, which will enhance the dye loading, resulting in increment of the short-circuit current density (JSC) . Open-circuit photovoltage decay measurements also show that the electron lifetime (蟿n) in the ZnO/ZnS core/shell nanostructures can be significantly prolonged because of the lower surface trap density in the ZnO after ZnS coating. For the ZnO/ZnS core/shell nanostructures, the JSC and 畏 can reach a maximum of 8.38 mA/cm2 and 1.92% after 6 h conversion time, corresponding to 12- and 16-fold increments of as-synthesized ZnO, respectively.