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Designed synthesis of natural rigid dehydroabietylamine-tailored symmetric benzamide organogels by amide bonds and rigid rings coordinated self-assembly strategy. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2022.130487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Xiao Y, Wang L, Tuo Z, Gao Y, Zhao P, Liu A, Bao Y. Spherical Agglomerates of m-Aminobenzoic Acid: Solvent Selection, Preparation, Mechanism, and Characterization. Ind Eng Chem Res 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.1c01031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Yiting Xiao
- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China
- The Co-Innovation Center of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering of Tianjin, Tianjin, 300072, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China
- The Co-Innovation Center of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering of Tianjin, Tianjin, 300072, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China
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- Tianjin Ringpu Bio-Technology Co. Ltd, Tianjin, 300308, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China
- The Co-Innovation Center of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering of Tianjin, Tianjin, 300072, China
- Tianjin Key Laboratory for Modern Drug Delivery and High Efficiency, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China
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Ramya M, Nideep TK, Nampoori VPN, Kailasnath M. Solvent assisted evolution and growth mechanism of zero to three dimensional ZnO nanostructures for dye sensitized solar cell applications. Sci Rep 2021; 11:6159. [PMID: 33731870 PMCID: PMC7969771 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-85701-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2020] [Accepted: 03/03/2021] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
Abstract
We report the structural engineering of ZnO nanostructures by a consistent solution method using distinct solvents such as ethylene glycol, 1-butanol, acetic acid and water. The growth kinetics are found to depend strongly on the physicochemical properties of the solvent and zeta potential of the colloidal solution. Furthermore, the resulting nanostructures as a photoanode material, displayed a prominent structure dependent property in determining the efficiency of dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). The fabricated solar cell with ZnO nanostructures based photoanode exhibited improved conversion efficiency. Moreover, the nanoflower based DSSCs showed a higher conversion efficiency of 4.1% compared to the other structures. The excellent performance of ZnO nanoflower is attributed to its better light-harvesting ability and increased resistance to charge-recombination. Therefore ZnO nanostructures can be a promising alternative for TiO2 in DSSCs. These findings provide new insight into the simple, low cost and consistent synthetic strategies for ZnO nanostructures and its outstanding performance as a photoanode material in DSSCs.
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Affiliation(s)
- M Ramya
- International School of Photonics, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi, India
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- International School of Photonics, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi, India
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- International School of Photonics, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi, India
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- International School of Photonics, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi, India.
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