Fabrication of Zn2SnO4/SnO2 hollow spheres and their application in dye-sensitized solar cells
- 21 December 2012
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in RSC Advances
- Vol. 3 (9) , 2893-2896
Abstract
Uniform Zn2SnO4/SnO2 hollow spheres were successfully synthesized and hybridized by calcining ZnSn(OH)6 solid spheres in air, and showed a very good efficiency of 4.52% as an electrode material for DSSCs. The in situ hybridization of Zn2SnO4 and SnO2 in Zn2SnO4/SnO2 hollow spheres is beneficial for electron transport and light scattering, and leads to the high efficiency of the Zn2SnO4/SnO2 composite in DSSCs.Keywords
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