Investigation of Strain Effects on Photoelectrochemical Performance of Flexible ZnO Electrodes.

ABSTRACT: In this report, the growth of zinc oxide (ZnO) nanocrystals with various morphologies, nanoflower, nanosheet, and nanorod, on flexible stainless steel (SS) foils to be utilized as photoanodes in photoelectrochemical (PEC) solar cells has been presented. It has been aimed to provide flexibility and adaptability for the next generation systems with the incorporation of SS foils as electrode into PEC cells. Therefore, physical deformation tests have been applied to the prepared ZnO thin film photoanodes. These thin films have been thoroughly characterized before and after straining for better understanding the relationship between the morphology, straining effect and photoelectrochemical efficiency. We observed a notable increase in the maximum incident photon-to-current efficiency (IPCE) and

SUBMITTER: Abdullayeva N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6662888 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature