Mavundla, SEMalgas, GFMotaung, DEIwuoha, EI2013-02-142013-02-142012-05Mavundla, SE, Malgas, GF, Motaung DE and Iwuoha EI. 2012. Synthesis of flower-like zinc oxide and polyaniline with worm-like morphology and their applications in hybrid solar cells. Crystal Research and Technology, vol. 47(5)0232-1300http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/crat.201100537/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10204/6552Copyright 2012: Wiley-VCH Verlag Berlin. This is an ABSTRACT ONLY. The definitive version is published in Lasers in Engineering, pp 1-18.ZnO with a “flower-like” morphology was synthesized using a simple microwave assisted hydrothermal method and used as an acceptor material in hybrid solar cells. X-Ray diffraction and Raman Spectroscopy confirmed the formation of a highly crystalline wurtzite ZnO structure. A highly crystalline and conductive polyaniline with “worm-like” morphology was synthesized by chemical polymerization of aniline using KH(IO3)2 as an oxidant and was used as a donor material for solar cells. The morphology was probed by using scanning and transmission electron microscopy. Polyaniline with worm-like morphology had a diameter of 160 nm and about 2 µm long. Solar cell device fabricated from PANI/ZnO active bilayer demonstrated a fill factor of about 22.8%. Upon blending PANI with ZnO the fill factor was improved to 25.6% and efficiency by almost 100 fold when PANI:ZnO 1:1 composite was used as an bulk heterogeneous active layer. The fill factor was further improved to 26.4% when device architecture was changed to diffused bilayer.enFlower-like zinc oxideZinc oxideRaman SpectroscopyX-Ray diffractionNanopetalsNanowormsNanoflowersNanorodsNanoplatesMicrowave irradiationArticleMavundla, S., Malgas, G., Motaung, D., & Iwuoha, E. (2012). Synthesis of flower-like zinc oxide and polyaniline with worm-like morphology and their applications in hybrid solar cells. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6552Mavundla, SE, GF Malgas, DE Motaung, and EI Iwuoha "Synthesis of flower-like zinc oxide and polyaniline with worm-like morphology and their applications in hybrid solar cells." (2012) http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6552Mavundla S, Malgas G, Motaung D, Iwuoha E. Synthesis of flower-like zinc oxide and polyaniline with worm-like morphology and their applications in hybrid solar cells. 2012; http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6552.TY - Article AU - Mavundla, SE AU - Malgas, GF AU - Motaung, DE AU - Iwuoha, EI AB - ZnO with a “flower-like” morphology was synthesized using a simple microwave assisted hydrothermal method and used as an acceptor material in hybrid solar cells. X-Ray diffraction and Raman Spectroscopy confirmed the formation of a highly crystalline wurtzite ZnO structure. A highly crystalline and conductive polyaniline with “worm-like” morphology was synthesized by chemical polymerization of aniline using KH(IO3)2 as an oxidant and was used as a donor material for solar cells. The morphology was probed by using scanning and transmission electron microscopy. Polyaniline with worm-like morphology had a diameter of 160 nm and about 2 µm long. Solar cell device fabricated from PANI/ZnO active bilayer demonstrated a fill factor of about 22.8%. Upon blending PANI with ZnO the fill factor was improved to 25.6% and efficiency by almost 100 fold when PANI:ZnO 1:1 composite was used as an bulk heterogeneous active layer. The fill factor was further improved to 26.4% when device architecture was changed to diffused bilayer. DA - 2012-05 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Flower-like zinc oxide KW - Zinc oxide KW - Raman Spectroscopy KW - X-Ray diffraction KW - Nanopetals KW - Nanoworms KW - Nanoflowers KW - Nanorods KW - Nanoplates KW - Microwave irradiation LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2012 SM - 0232-1300 T1 - Synthesis of flower-like zinc oxide and polyaniline with worm-like morphology and their applications in hybrid solar cells TI - Synthesis of flower-like zinc oxide and polyaniline with worm-like morphology and their applications in hybrid solar cells UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6552 ER -