Photoelectrochemical cell using dye sensitized zinc oxide nanowires grown on carbon fibers

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2008-09-29

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Ünalan, Hüsnü Emrah
Suzuki, Kenichi
Dalal, Sharvari
Hiralal, Pritesh
Matsumoto, Hidetoshi
Imaizumi, Shinji
Minagawa, Mie
Tanioka, Akihiko
Flewitt, Andrew J.
Milne, William I.
Amaratunga, Gehan A. J.

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Zinc oxide (ZnO) nanowires (NWs) grown on carbon fibers using a vapor transport and condensation approach are used as the cathode of a photoelectrochemical cell. The carbon fibers were obtained by electrospray deposition and take the form of a flexible carbon fabric. The ZnO NW on carbon fiber anode is combined with a "black dye" photoabsorber, an electrolyte, and a platinum (Pt) counterelectrode to complete the cell. The results show that ZnO NW and carbon fibers can be used for photoinduced charge separation/charge transport and current collection, respectively, in a photoelectrochemical cell. (C) 2008 American Institute of Physics.

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Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/38749

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APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

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https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2978957

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H. E. Ünalan et al., “Photoelectrochemical cell using dye sensitized zinc oxide nanowires grown on carbon fibers,” APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, pp. 0–0, 2008, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/38749.