This paper reports the effects of the seed layers prepared by spin-coating and dip-coating methods on the morphology and density of ZnO nanowire arrays, thus on the performance of ZnO nanowire-based dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). The nanowire films with the thick ZnO buffer layer (*0.8–1 lm thick) can improve the open circuit voltage of the DSSCs through suppressing carrier recombination, ...

In this paper, an alumina-zirconia (Al₂O₃-ZrO₂) nanolaminate dielectric was fabricated by spin-coating and the performance was investigated. It was found that the properties of the dielectric can be adjusted by changing the content of Al₂O₃/ZrO₂ in nanolaminates: when the content of Al₂O₃ was higher than 50%, the properties of nanolaminates, such as the optical energy gap, dielectric strength (...

Cu₂ZnSnS₄ (CZTS) thin films were deposited on glass substrates by using spin-coating and an annealing process, which can improve the crystallinity and morphology of the thin films. The grain size, optical gap, and atomic contents of copper (Cu), zinc (Zn), tin (Sn), and sulfur (S) in a CZTS thin film absorber relate to the concentrations of aqueous precursor solutions containing copper chloride...

Spin coating of multicomponent precursor solutions was employed in conjunction with block copolymer nanotemplates to fabricate nanopatterned functional multielemental materials. Nanodot and nanowire arrays of several multielemental materials exhibiting optoelectronic and multiferroic properties have been fabricated on various substrates to demonstrate the versatility of our approach. The shape,...