Paper Title:

Structural and Morphological Studies of Porous ZnO for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell Applications

Periodical Defect and Diffusion Forum (Volume 293)
Main Theme Defects and Diffusion in Metals
Edited by David J. Fisher
Pages 67-70
DOI 10.4028/www.scientific.net/DDF.293.67
Citation H. Abdullah et al., 2009, Defect and Diffusion Forum, 293, 67
Online since August, 2009
Authors H. Abdullah, P.A. Nugroho
Keywords Chemical Bath Deposition (CBD), Dye Sensitized Solar Cell (DSSC), Nanoflakes, Zinc Carbonate Hydroxide, Zinc Oxide (ZnO)
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Abstract

Porous nanoflake ZnO has been successfully synthesized via a pyrolitic process of chemical bath deposition (CBD). The latter produced nanoflakes of Zn5(CO3)2(OH)6 as an intermediate product, which transformed to ZnO at 300°C. The microstructure has been investigated by surface morphology observation using a scanning electron microscope (SEM) and crystal-structure analysis using X-ray diffraction (XRD). A random structure of 40nm-thick flakes, grown perpendicularly on the substrate, has been obtained.