[HTML][HTML] ZnO tetrapod materials for functional applications

YK Mishra, R Adelung - Materials Today, 2018 - Elsevier
In the last 15 years, more than 50,000 papers with zinc oxide (ZnO) in the title are listed
within ISI database. The outstanding popularity of ZnO has many reasons; the most …

A critical review of recent developments in nanomaterials for photoelectrodes in dye sensitized solar cells

CC Raj, R Prasanth - Journal of Power Sources, 2016 - Elsevier
In a dye sensitized solar cell the photoanode performs a dual role of acting as a matrix for
dye adsorption and as a charge transport medium for electron transport. The surface area …

Vertically aligned ZnO nanorod arrays sentisized with gold nanoparticles for Schottky barrier photovoltaic cells

ZH Chen, YB Tang, CP Liu, YH Leung… - The Journal of …, 2009 - ACS Publications
Vertically aligned zinc oxide (ZnO) nanorod arrays coated with gold nanoparticles have
been used in Schottky barrier solar cells. The nanoparticles enhance the optical absorption …

Complex ZnO nanotree arrays with tunable top, stem and branch structures

F Zhao, JG Zheng, X Yang, X Li, J Wang, F Zhao… - Nanoscale, 2010 - pubs.rsc.org
Hierarchical tree-, mushroom-and cockscomb-like ZnO arrays with increasing branching
order and complexities have been grown in situ on cheap zinc plates by a simple …

Growth of ZnO nanowires catalyzed by size-dependent melting of Au nanoparticles

EW Petersen, EM Likovich, KJ Russell… - …, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
We present a general approach to growing ZnO nanowires on arbitrary, high melting point
(above 970 C) substrates using the vapor–liquid–solid (VLS) growth mechanism. Our …

Photoelectrochemical water splitting properties of hydrothermally-grown ZnO nanorods with controlled diameters

ES Babu, SK Hong, TS Vo, JR Jeong… - Electronic Materials Letters, 2015 - Springer
The effect of diameter change on photoelectrochemical water splitting was investigated in
depth for ZnO nanorods. ZnO nanorods were grown on SiO 2/Si and indium tin-oxide …

Sol–gel derived nanocrystalline ZnO photoanode film for dye sensitized solar cells

P Periyat, SG Ullattil - Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing, 2015 - Elsevier
Nanocrystalline ZnO was synthesized from zinc (II) acetate/oxalate mixture using a facile sol–
gel synthesis and is characterized by techniques such as powder XRD, FTIR and Raman …

Growth and electron field-emission of single-crystalline ZnO nanowires

E Mosquera, J Bernal, RA Zarate, F Mendoza… - Materials Letters, 2013 - Elsevier
ZnO nanowires with high density are grown over zinc foil by thermal evaporation process at
relatively low temperature. Electron microscopy studies confirmed that the as-grown …

Custom‐Made Morphologies of ZnO Nanostructured Films Templated by a Poly (styrene‐block‐ethylene oxide) Diblock Copolymer Obtained by a Sol–Gel Technique

K Sarkar, M Rawolle, EM Herzig, W Wang… - …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Zinc oxide (ZnO) nanostructured films are synthesized on silicon substrates to form different
morphologies that consist of foamlike structures, wormlike aggregates, circular vesicles, and …

ZnO nanowire arrays grown on Al: ZnO buffer layers and their enhanced electron field emission

ZH Chen, YB Tang, Y Liu, GD Yuan… - Journal of Applied …, 2009 - pubs.aip.org
Arrays of highly ordered ZnO nanowires have been synthesized on polycrystalline Al-doped
ZnO (AZO) buffer layers prepared on p-Si substrates (7–13 Ω cm) with assistance of a …