Improvement of ZnO nanorod-based dye-sensitized solar cell efficiency by Al-doping

Sining Yun; Juneyoung Lee; Jooyoung Chung; Sangwoo Lim

doi:10.1016/j.jpcs.2010.08.020

Improvement of ZnO nanorod-based dye-sensitized solar cell efficiency by Al-doping

Sining Yun, Juneyoung Lee, Jooyoung Chung, Sangwoo Lim

Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

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The current study investigates the performance of dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) based on Al-doped and undoped ZnO nanorod arrays synthesized by a simple hydrothermal method. Current densityvoltage (JV) characterizations indicate that Al-doping in ZnO crystal structure can significantly improve current densities and the energy conversion efficiency (η) of ZnO nanorod-based DSSCs. The maximum η, 1.34%, was achieved in DSSC when Al-doped ZnO nanorod arrays were grown in 0.04 M zinc acetate dihydrate solution with 5 mM aluminum nitrate nonahydrate. This result represents a large increase of η in Al-doped ZnO nanorod-based DSSCs as compared to undoped (0.05%). The improved DSSC photovoltaic performance can be attributed to two main factors: (1) increased light harvesting efficiency due to a large amount of N719 adsorbed on the large surface area of Al-doped ZnO nanorod arrays, and (2) increased electrical conductivity due to A1³ ion doped into the ZnO lattice at the divalent Zn² site, allowing electrons to move easily into the Al-doped ZnO conduction band.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1724-1731
Number of pages	8
Journal	Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids
Volume	71
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpcs.2010.08.020
Publication status	Published - 2010 Dec

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The authors acknowledge the financial support through the second-stage Brain Korea 21 Program by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology . This work was also supported by Priority Research Centers Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology ( 2009-0093823 ).

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