Nanocrystallite aggregates are spherical assemblies of nanometer-sized crystallites and feature a size on the order of sub-micrometers. This paper reports and summarizes recent progress in nanocrystallite aggregates for applications in dye-sensitized solar cells. It emphasizes that nanocrystallite aggregates are a promising class of materials with the capability to generate light scattering, en...

Quantum confinement increases the spacing between energy levels as the nanocrystallite size is decreased. Its qualitative features hold both for states localized near the center of a nanocrystallite and those near the surface, such as states due primarily to dangling bonds. However, different quantitative features are expected because of the different size constraints on each of these states. S...

The mechanism of the formation of a self-aligned hydroxyapatite (HAP) nanocrystallite structure was examined. It is found that the highly ordered HAP nanocrystallite assembly is attributed to the so-called self-(homo)epitaxial nucleation and growth. On the other hand, according to this mechanism, a high supersaturation will give rise to a random assembly of HAP crystallites. The effects of ions...

ont matter & 2012 0.1016/j.nanoen.2 thor. s: chldwang@mail .edu (G. Cao). Abstract A novel interface precipitation method has been developed to synthesize hierarchically structured ZnO nanocrystallite aggregates. Such synthesized ZnO nanocrystallite aggregates were demonstrated as a promising structure for high power conversion efficiency when used as photoelectrode in dye-sensitized solar cell...

We report on the synthesis of ZnO nanocrystallite aggregates in the presence of lithium ions and films consisting of these aggregates for dye-sensitized solar cell applications. A maximum overall conversion efficiency of 6.1% has been achieved with these films. This value is much higher than the 4.0% obtained for the films that are comprised of ZnOaggregates synthesized in the absence of lithiu...

We report strong magnetism in pure carbon films grown by electron irradiation assisted physical vapor deposition in electron cyclotron resonance plasma. The development of graphene nanocrystallites in the amorphous film matrix, and the dependence of the magnetic behavior on amorphous, nanocrystallite and graphite-like structures were investigated. Results were that the amorphous structure shows...

Formation and characterization of nanocrystallite spheres from a hybrid of functionalized cross-conjugated poly(p-phenylene) and C(60) are reported.

Lanthanum substituted lead zirconate titanate (PLZT) nanocrystallite with stichometry formula Pb0.90La0.10 (Zr0.52Ti0.48) O3 have been synthesized by sol gel process. The effect of nanocrystallite on dielectric, ferroelectric and piezoelectric properties of La substituted PZT was studied. The average crystallite size of the PLZT powder was 21nm.Variation of dielectric constant with temperature ...

CdSe quantum dots have been prepared via a colloidal route using Mercaptoethanol (Thioglycol) (HOCH2CH2SH) as a capping agent. The stability of the particles in solution and embedded in TiO2 matrices has been followed by optical absorption and photoluminescence. Both the size and the size distribution of the particles are well controlled by ratio mole and temperature, thus allowing a tunable em...