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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2007
Yicheng LU, East Brunswick, NJ (US);
Aurelien Du Pasquier, Red Bank, NJ (US);
Hanhong Chen, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Yicheng Lu, East Brunswick, NJ (US);
Aurelien Du Pasquier, Red Bank, NJ (US);
Hanhong Chen, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ (US);
Abstract
A substrate-supported photoelectrode, which includes an essentially two-dimensional transparent conductive oxide (TCO) film supported by a substrate, wherein the film is doped with at least one element of Group III, and one or more single crystal essentially one-dimensional nanostructures that are integral with the film and grown upwardly therefrom without a boundary layer therebetween, wherein the film and the nanostructures are essentially identical in composition and include zinc oxide or a zinc oxide alloy. Methods for preparing the substrate-supported photoelectrode and solar cells incorporating the substrate-supported photoelectrode are also provided.