Issue 4, 2012
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Journal of Materials Chemistry

Zinc oxide synthesis via a microemulsion technique: morphology control with application to dye-sensitized solar cells†

Jen-Chieh Lin,*a   Chuan-Pei Leeb  and  Kuo-Chuan Ho*bc  

* Corresponding authors

a Corning Research Center Taiwan, Room 829, Bldg.53, No195, Sec.4, Chung-Hsin Rd., Chutung, Hsinchu, Taiwan
E-mail: linjc3@corning.com
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b Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University, No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei, Taiwan
E-mail: kcho@ntu.edu.tw
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Tel: +886-2-2366-0739

c Institute of Polymer Science and Engineering, National Taiwan University, No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei, Taiwan

Abstract

This communication demonstrated the technique of using microemulsion to synthesize ZnO crystals with a variety of morphologies. A nearly 30% improved efficiency of a dye-sensitized solar cell can be obtained by using one of the synthesized crystals with coral-like structure, as compared to the commercially available ZnO particles.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C1JM15227K
Article type
Communication
Submitted
14 Oct 2011
Accepted
15 Nov 2011
First published
02 Dec 2011

J. Mater. Chem., 2012,22, 1270-1273

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Zinc oxide synthesis via a microemulsion technique: morphology control with application to dye-sensitized solar cells

J. Lin, C. Lee and K. Ho, J. Mater. Chem., 2012, 22, 1270 DOI: 10.1039/C1JM15227K

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