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Dye-sensitized solar cells based on electrodeposited ZnO nanorod arrays were fabricated and tested. Field-emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM) and X-ray powder diffraction (XRD) were used to identify the characters of ZnO nanorod arrays. The effects of dye etching on the morphology and performance of ZnO nanorod dye-sensitized solar cells were studied. It was found that the surfaces of ZnO nanorods were both etched by dye solutions, no matter N3 or N719. Compared with N3, N719 had a larger damage to the structure of ZnO nanorod photoanode, and the photoelectric conversion efficiency of cells decreased quickly with the sensitizing time increasing. In a certain range, the increasing length of ZnO nanorods can clearly improve the photoelectric conversion efficiency of cells.
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Yang, J., Lin, Y. & Meng, Y. Effects of dye etching on the morphology and performance of ZnO nanorod dye-sensitized solar cells. Korean J. Chem. Eng. 30, 2026–2029 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11814-013-0133-5
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