Dye-sensitized solar cells using ZnO nanotips and Ga-doped ZnO films (original) (raw)

Professor Yicheng Lu, for his invaluable guidance during my Ph.D. program study in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. He played an active role in nurturing my research interest and insight throughout my graduate studies and led me to a deep understanding of research methodology in science and technology. I greatly thank all the members of my dissertation committee, Professor Aurelien Du Pasquier, Professor Paul Panayatatos, Professor Kuang Sheng, and Professor Wei Jiang for devoting their time and expertise to review my dissertation. In addition, I would like to thank Professor Aurelien Du Pasquier for help in the dye sensitized solar cell fabrication and measurements, the results of which I am presenting in this dissertation. I would like to thank Dr. Yiming Chen, a previous postdoctoral associate in Professor Yicheng Lu's group, for the training me the MOCVD growth technology. My special thanks are owed to all the group members in Professor Lu's group, Mr. Gaurav Saraf, Dr.