Electrodeposited zinc oxide nanostructures with adsorbed natural dyes for photovoltaic applications

• Veröffentlicht in: Functional Materials
• Datum: 2012
• Hauptverfasser: Klochko, N.P., Khrypunov, G.S., Myagchenko, Y.O., Melnychuk, E.E., Kopach, V.R., Klepikova, K.S., Lyubov, V.M., Kopach, A.V.
• Format: Artikel
• Sprache: English
• Veröffentlicht: НТК «Інститут монокристалів» НАН України 2012
• Schlagworte: Technology
• Online Zugang: https://nasplib.isofts.kiev.ua/handle/123456789/135305
• Назва журналу: Digital Library of Periodicals of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
• Zitieren: Electrodeposited zinc oxide nanostructures with adsorbed natural dyes for photovoltaic applications / N.P. Klochko, G.S. Khrypunov, Y.O. Myagchenko, E.E. Melnychuk, V.R. Kopach, K.S. Klepikova, V.M. Lyubov, A.V. Kopach // Functional Materials. — 2012. — Т. 19, № 2. — С. 276-281. — Бібліогр.: 13 назв. — англ.

We report on a cost-effective alternative synthetic method for creation of ZnO-based natural-dye sensitized solar cells (DSSC). ZnO arrays were electrodeposited on transparent fluorine doped tin oxide covered glass cathodes in aqueous electrolytes in three-electrode cell under potentiostatic conditions and under pulse plating modes with rectangular impulses of cathode potential. Then ZnO layers were dye-sensitized by a freshly prepared blackcurrant juice. The studies of structure by XRD-method, surface morphology by atomic force microscopy and optical properties by spectrophotometry have demonstrated the promise of ZnO arrays electrochemically grown in the rectangular pulse mode for creation of natural-dye sensitized DSSC.