An acid-free medium growth of rutile TiO2 nanorods arrays and their application in perovskite solar cells

Abstract

The facile hydrothermal synthesis of rutile TiO₂ nanorod arrays on FTO substrates without the use of acids has been developed. The morphology of the nanorods can be finely tuned by changing the growth parameters, and the potential of the as-made rutile TiO₂ nanorods in perovskite solar cells was evaluated, showing power conversion efficiencies up to 11.1%.