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1-dimensional zinc oxide nanomaterial growth and solar cell applications
One-dimensional zinc oxide nanomaterial growth and solar cell applications
Description
Zinc oxide (ZnO) has attracted much interest during last decades as a functional material. Furthermore, ZnO is a potential material for transparent conducting oxide material competing with indium tin oxide (ITO), graphene, and carbon nanotube film. It has been known as a conductive material when doped with elements such as indium, gallium and aluminum. The solubility of those dopant elements in ZnO is still debatable; but, it is necessary to find alternative conducting materials when their form is film or nanostructure for display devices. This is a consequence of the ever increasing price of indium. In addition, a new generation solar cell (nanostructured or hybrid photovoltaics) requires compatible materials which are capable of free standing on substrates without seed or buffer layers and have the ability introduce electrons or holes pathway without blocking towards electrodes. The nanostructures for solar cells using inorganic materials such as silicon (Si), titanium oxide (TiO2), and ZnO have been an interesting topic for research in solar cell community in order to overcome the limitation of efficiency for organic solar cells. This dissertation is a study of the rational solution-based synthesis of 1-dimentional ZnO nanomaterial and its solar cell applications. These results have implications in cost effective and uniform nanomanufacturing for the next generation solar cells application by controlling growth condition and by doping transition metal element in solution.
Date Created
2012
Contributors
- Choi, Hyung Woo (Author)
- Alford, Terry L. (Thesis advisor)
- Krause, Stephen (Committee member)
- Theodore, N. David (Committee member)
- Arizona State University (Publisher)
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Resource Type
Extent
xi, 120 p. : ill. (some col.)
Language
eng
Copyright Statement
In Copyright
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Peer-reviewed
No
Open Access
No
Handle
https://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.15867
Statement of Responsibility
by Hyung Woo Choi
Description Source
Retrieved on Sept. 25, 2013
Level of coding
full
Note
thesis
Partial requirement for: Ph.D., Arizona State University, 2012
bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 113-120)
Field of study: Materials science and engineering
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