Low-temperature synthesis of carbon nanotubes on indium tin oxide electrodes for organic solar cells

• Andrea Capasso,
• Luigi Salamandra,
• Aldo Di Carlo,
• John M. Bell and
• Nunzio Motta

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2012, 3, 524–532, doi:10.3762/bjnano.3.60

• density, the substrate looks almost black and is therefore no longer transparent. In addition, the sheet resistance of the ITO layer increased to 40 Ω/sq (almost three times higher than that for pristine ITO). When heated in air at 550 °C, the polycrystalline ITO layer is known to degrade, leading to the

• biggest hindrances that affected the PCE of polymer cells made from similarly treated electrodes, because in our case (i) the sheet resistance of the electrode undergoes a limited increase during the low temperature CVD; (ii) the light transmittance of the ITO–glass does not reduce much, thanks to the low

Highly efficient ZnO/Au Schottky barrier dye-sensitized solar cells: Role of gold nanoparticles on the charge-transfer process

• Tanujjal Bora,
• Htet H. Kyaw,
• Soumik Sarkar,
• Samir K. Pal and
• Joydeep Dutta

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2011, 2, 681–690, doi:10.3762/bjnano.2.73

• %). The lower PCE observed in the case of the large-area DSSCs compared to the small-area DSSCs is mainly attributed to the increase in the sheet resistance of the conducting FTO substrates resulting in an overall increase in the series resistance (Rs) of the large area DSSCs, which plays an important

• ZnO/Au-nanocomposite systems irrespective of the presence of the Schottky barrier. In the case of the large area ZnO/Au DSSCs, efficiency dropped to 3.27% and 1.16% for active areas equal to 0.25 cm2 and 1 cm2, respectively, which was mainly attributed to the increased sheet resistance of the FTO