@article { ISI:000288784400025,
	title = {Growth of aligned ZnO nanorods array on ITO for dye sensitized solar cell},
	journal = {Current Applied Physics},
	volume = {11},
	number = {1, 1, SI},
	year = {2011},
	note = {International Conference on Electronic Materials (IUMRS-ICEM), Seoul, SOUTH KOREA, AUG 22-27, 2010},
	month = {JAN},
	pages = {S113-S116},
	publisher = {Int Union Mat Res Soc (IUMRS)},
	address = {PO BOX 211, 1000 AE AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS},
	abstract = {<p>Aligned ZnO films of nanorods arrays were grown on Indium doped Tin oxide (ITO) glass substrate for the Dye Sensitized Solar Cells (DSSCs) applications. Two-step approach was employed for the deposition, which offers advantages such as excellent surface adhesion, large area deposition, high reproducibility and yield. Structural characterization using X-ray diffraction (XRD) shows a preferred c-axis (002) oriented growth. Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) images reveals uniformly distributed hexagonal ZnO nanorods with average diameter varying from 80 to 250 nm. Average growth rate of the films was estimated using Surface Profilometer which was found to be similar to 1 mu m/h. Optical characterizations were carried out using Photo-spectrometer and Raman spectroscopy. The DSSCs using these ZnO films of nanorods array as photo-electrodes show conversion efficiency ranging from 0.24 to -0.71 \%, the maximum efficiency was obtained for films deposited for time duration 8 h. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.</p>},
	keywords = {Aligned ZnO nanorod growth, Dye sensitized solar cell, Open aqueous solution deposition},
	issn = {1567-1739},
	doi = {10.1016/j.cap.2010.11.111},
	author = {Yengantiwar, Ashish and Sharma, Ramakant and Game, Onkar S. and Banpurkar, Arun G.}
}
@article {45537,
	title = {Improved efficiency of DSSC using combustion synthesized TiO2},
	journal = {Materials Research Bulletin},
	volume = {109},
	year = {2019},
	month = {JAN},
	pages = {222-226},
	type = {Article},
	abstract = {<p>Combustion synthesis method is an economic, one step and an effective method for the synthesis of nanomaterials. In this work, titanium dioxide nanoparticles were synthesized by combustion method. The synthesized material was characterized by XRD, SEM and BET. Dye sensitized solar cell was fabricated using the synthesized material and its performance was compared with the solar cell fabricated using commercial TiO2. In order to evaluate the photovoltaic performance of DSSCs, photocurrent density to photovoltage (J-V) characteristic and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) measurements were carried out. The DSSC fabricated using combustion synthesized and commercial TiO2 exhibited a power conversion efficiency of 6.11\% and 6.62\%, respectively. Combustion synthesized TiO2 which displayed similar efficiency to that of commercial material is least studied in the literature for solar cell applications.</p>},
	keywords = {Combustion synthesis, Dye sensitized solar cell, TiO2},
	issn = {0025-5408},
	doi = {10.1016/j.materresbull.2018.09.044},
	author = {Umale, Sanjivani and Sudhakar, V. and Sontakke, Sharad M. and Krishnamoorthy, K. and Pandit, Aniruddha B.}
}
