Fabrication of oxide heterostructures for promising solar cells of a new generation

The prospects of the fabrication of solar cells based on metal oxides (ZnO formed by the hydrothermal method) with a bulk heterojunction are considered. The results of synthesizing zinc-oxide nanorods on different seed layers are presented. The important role of seed-layer formation is noted. It is shown that the structure of nanorod arrays can be controlled using a surfactant. Faceted nanorods are obtained, which are promising for designing new-generation solar cells.