Accurate control of multishelled ZnO hollow microspheres for dye-sensitized solar cells with high efficiency.

Dong, Zhenghong; Lai, Xiaoyong; Halpert, Jonathan E; Yang, Nailiang; Yi, Luoxin; Zhai, Jin; Wang, Dan; Tang, Zhiyong et al. · Adv Mater · 2012

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

A series of multishelled ZnO hollow microspheres with controlled shell number and inter-shell spacing have been successfully prepared by a simple carbonaceous microsphere templating method, whose large surface area and complex multishelled hollow structure enable them load sufficient dyes and multi-reflect the light for enhancing light harvesting and realize a high conversion efficiency of up to 5.6% when used in dye-sensitized solar cells.

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