Aerogel templated ZnO dye-sensitized solar cells

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作者
Hamann, Thomas W. [1 ]
Martinson, Alex B. E. [1 ,2 ]
Elam, Jeffrey W. [2 ]
Pellin, Michael J. [1 ,2 ]
Hupp, Joseph T. [1 ]
机构
[1] Northwestern Univ, Evanston, IL 60208 USA
[2] Argonne Natl Lab, Argonne, IL 60439 USA
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10.1002/adma.200702781
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O6 [化学];
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0703 ;
摘要
Atomic layer deposition is employed to conformally coat low density, high surface area aerogel films with ZnO. The ZnO/aerogel membranes are incorporated as photoanodes in dye-sensitized solar cells, which exhibit excellent power efficiencies of up to 2.4% under 100 mW cm(-2) light intensity.
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