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Published on: April 25, 2018
Flexible Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell Based on Vertical ZnO Nanowire Arrays
Sheng Chu1, Dongdong Li1,2, Pai-Chun Chang1
1Department of Physics and Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 90089-0484, USA.
Abstract:
Flexible dye-sensitized solar cells are fabricated using vertically aligned ZnO nanowire arrays that are transferred onto ITO-coated poly(ethylene terephthalate) substrates using a simple peel-off process. The solar cells demonstrate an energy conversion efficiency of 0.44% with good bending tolerance. This technique paves a new route for building large-scale cost-effective flexible photovoltaic and optoelectronic devices.
