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Introduction
1. Motivation
2. Objectives
3. Summary of this thesis
Chapter 1: Background
1.1 Nanomaterials
1.2 Physical Properties of ZnO Nanostructures
1.2.1 Mechanical Properties
1.2.2 Piezoelectric effect and polar surfaces
1.2.3 Electrical Properties of ZnO nanostructure
1.2.4 Chemical Sensing
1.3 Nanostructures Synthesis Techniques
1.3.1 Physical Vapor Deposition
1.3.2 Chemical Vapor Deposition
1.3.3 Solution-Based Chemistry
1.4 Aluminum doped ZnO nanostructures (AZO)
1.5 Dye-sensitized nanocrystalline solar cells
1.5.1 Operation principle of the dye-sensitized nanocrystalline solar cell [DSSC]
1.5.2 Panchromatic sensitizers
1.5.3 Solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells
1.6 References:
Chapter 2: The Effect of PVP Addition and Heat-treatment Duration on Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Materials
2.3 Experimental
2.4 Results and discussion
2.5 Conclusions
2.6 References
Chapter 3: Al doped ZnO Nanorods Synthesized By a Wet Chemical Method
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Materials
3.3 Experimental
3.4 Results and discussion
3.5 Conclusions
3.6 References
Chapter 4: Preparation and Properties of Zinc Oxide Doped with Aluminum Nanostructured Thin Film
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Materials
4.3 Experimental
4.4 Results and discussion
4.5 Conclusions
4.6 References
Chapter 5: Preparation of ZnO Nanoparticles and Nanosheets Thin Films and their Application to Dye-sensitized Solar Cells
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Materials
5.3 Experimental
5.4 Results and discussion
5.5 Conclusions
5.6 References
Chapter 6: Conclusions
The publishing papers
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