Previously we reported the synthesis of novel organic-inorganic compo- site indium tin oxide （ITO） foam precursor leading to the formation of ＂sponge-like＂ ITO by burning away the organics, This newly made sponge-...Previously we reported the synthesis of novel organic-inorganic compo- site indium tin oxide （ITO） foam precursor leading to the formation of ＂sponge-like＂ ITO by burning away the organics, This newly made sponge-like ITO possesses relatively high electrical conductivity due to phonon confinement with reasonable pore structure and may have potential application as functional materials in semiconducting dye absorbing layer in dye-sensitized solar cell （DSSC） and also as the receptor of electrons injected from the quantum dots （QDs） of organic-inorganic hybrid QD based solar cell. This report is a short review of ＂sponge-like＂ ITO described as a lecture note on its future use as an alternative new prospective material for photoanode of solar cell in the domain of sustainable energy,展开更多
文摘Previously we reported the synthesis of novel organic-inorganic compo- site indium tin oxide （ITO） foam precursor leading to the formation of ＂sponge-like＂ ITO by burning away the organics, This newly made sponge-like ITO possesses relatively high electrical conductivity due to phonon confinement with reasonable pore structure and may have potential application as functional materials in semiconducting dye absorbing layer in dye-sensitized solar cell （DSSC） and also as the receptor of electrons injected from the quantum dots （QDs） of organic-inorganic hybrid QD based solar cell. This report is a short review of ＂sponge-like＂ ITO described as a lecture note on its future use as an alternative new prospective material for photoanode of solar cell in the domain of sustainable energy,
