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Effect of variation of average pore size and specific surface area of ZnO electrode (WE) on efficiency of dye-sensitized solar cells

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Title
Effect of variation of average pore size and specific surface area of ZnO electrode (WE) on efficiency of dye-sensitized solar cells
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Discover Nano, October 2014
DOI 10.1186/1556-276x-9-575
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Nitin A Jadhav, Pramod K Singh, Hee Woo Rhee, Bhaskar Bhattacharya

Abstract

Mesoporous ZnO nanoparticles have been synthesized with tremendous increase in specific surface area of up to 578 m(2)/g which was 5.54 m(2)/g in previous reports (J. Phys. Chem. C 113:14676-14680, 2009). Different mesoporous ZnO nanoparticles with average pore sizes ranging from 7.22 to 13.43 nm and specific surface area ranging from 50.41 to 578 m(2)/g were prepared through the sol-gel method via a simple evaporation-induced self-assembly process. The hydrolysis rate of zinc acetate was varied using different concentrations of sodium hydroxide. Morphology, crystallinity, porosity, and J-V characteristics of the materials have been studied using transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), BET nitrogen adsorption/desorption, and Keithley instruments.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Argentina 1 3%
Unknown 33 97%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 8 24%
Student > Master 3 9%
Student > Doctoral Student 3 9%
Student > Bachelor 3 9%
Other 2 6%
Other 6 18%
Unknown 9 26%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Chemistry 9 26%
Materials Science 5 15%
Chemical Engineering 4 12%
Engineering 3 9%
Physics and Astronomy 1 3%
Other 1 3%
Unknown 11 32%