01606nas a2200169   4500008004100000245009600041210006900137260000800206300001200214490000800226520098200234100002401216700001601240700002001256700003301276856012701309       2018                        eng d00aHydrothermally synthesized fluorescent Zn2SnO4 nanoparticles for dye sensitized solar cells0 aHydrothermally synthesized fluorescent Zn2SnO4 nanoparticles for  cJUL  a303-3130 v1543 aIn this work, we have investigated the interaction of hydrothermally synthesized Zn2SnO4 (ZTO) nanoparticles (NPs) with two different commercial photo sensitizers such as N719 and N3 dye molecules and studied their performance in dye sensitized solar cells (DSSC). Interestingly, the ZTO NPs exhibited band edge emission in the mid UVA region and as a result possibility of enhanced light harvesting in the terminal UVA region was anticipated in the device due to the efficient energy transfer observed in case of the sensitizer N719 than N3. The dye sensitization property has been found to be higher for the N3 dye molecules than the N719 dye molecules as based on the time dependent dye loading study. The devices fabricated with ZTO-N719 exhibited improved photovoltaic performance compared to the ZTO-N3 based devices exhibiting an overall conversion efficiency of 2.56% by the former compared to the later (1.90%) under 1SUN 1.5AM illumination and sensitization for 12 h.1 aDas, Partha, Pratim1 aRoy, Anurag1 aAgarkar, Shruti1 aDevi, Parukuttyamma, Sujatha  uhttps://library.ncl.res.in/content/hydrothermally-synthesized-fluorescent-zn2sno4-nanoparticles-dye-sensitized-solar-cells