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- MUHAMMAD BILAL TAHIR
(Department of Physics, University of Gujrat, HH Campus, Gujrat 50700, Pakistan)
- HASNAIN JAVAD
(Department of Physics, University of Gujrat, HH Campus, Gujrat 50700, Pakistan)
- KHALID NADEEM
(Department of Physics, University of Gujrat, HH Campus, Gujrat 50700, Pakistan)
- A. MAJID
(Department of Physics, University of Gujrat, HH Campus, Gujrat 50700, Pakistan)
Abstract
Dye sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) provide promisingly, organic–inorganic, clean hybrid, cost effective and efficient molecular solar cell devices. Due to their distinct and multifunctional qualities, zinc oxide (ZnO) nanostructures are promising materials used to create photoanodes for DSSCs due to the availability of larger surface area than bulk sheet substance, effectual light-dispersing centers, and when mixed with titanium dioxide they produce a core–shell formation that diminishes the coalition rate and provide direct charge. Moreover, ZnO thin sheets have been broadly observed due of its potential application in various fields i.e. piezoelectric, photovoltaic, pyroelectric and optoelectronic utilization. This review studies the recent advances in the fabrication of zinc oxide-based photovoltaics; synthesis of ZnO nanostructures with variable morphologies including thin sheets, nanotubes, nanorods, nanoflowers, nanofibers and factors that control the growth and morphologies of these nanospecies and part of crystallographic planes for the fabrication of various zinc oxide nanoshapes. In the next part of this paper, numerous fabrication routes — doped and undoped ZnO thin films — are discussed and different parameters of photovoltaics are investigated, e.g. efficiency pre and post annealing temperatures, fill factors spinning speed and coating time, additives, nature of precursor which impacts on morphological and optical parameters of these sheets. In short, this review is dedicated to the ZnO photoanode, its properties, issues related to ZnO photoanode, various improvement approaches, fabrication methods successfully trialled so far followed by market potential of the DSSC technology, conclusion and recommendations
Suggested Citation
Muhammad Bilal Tahir & Hasnain Javad & Khalid Nadeem & A. Majid, 2018.
"ZnO THIN FILMS: RECENT DEVELOPMENT, FUTURE PERSPECTIVES AND APPLICATIONS FOR DYE SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL,"
Surface Review and Letters (SRL), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 25(07), pages 1-19, October.
Handle:
RePEc:wsi:srlxxx:v:25:y:2018:i:07:n:s0218625x19300016
DOI: 10.1142/S0218625X19300016
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