James E. McGarrah1, Alex B. F. Martinson2, and Joseph T. Hupp2. (1) Barnard College, New York, NY, (2) Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
Dye sensitized solar cells composed of ZnO nanorod arrays similar to the ones recently reported by P. D. Yang's group at Berkeley (Nature Materials, 2005, 4, 455-459) were investigated by intensity modulated photovoltage and photocurrent spectroscopies (IMVS and IMPS). In functioning solar cell devices the ZnO nanorod arrays exhibit dramatically faster electron transport while retaining similar electron lifetimes (recombination times) compared to standard photoanodes assembled from colloidal ZnO nanoparticles. A number of other ZnO oxide morphologies were also investigated and preliminary data quantifying their transport will also be reported. These results have considerable implication on the design of new hybrid solar cell devices.
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