Electrodeposited ZnO nanowires as photoelectrodes in solid-state organic dye-sensitized solar cells.

A new approach for developing solid-state dye-sensitised solar cells (DSSCs) on glass/ITO and plastic substrates (PEN/ITO) is presented in this manuscript. A two step electrodeposition technique has been employed to realize the ZnO photoelectrodes. First a ZnO thin film is deposited on the ITO substrate and subsequently on this buffer layer 650 nm long ZnO nanowires are grown.

Original disorder-order transition related to electronic and magnetic properties in the thermoelectric misfit phase [Ca2CoO3][CoO2]1.62.

A structural phase transition is shown around 400 K for the thermoelectric lamellar misfit cobalt oxide [Ca2CoO3][CoO2]1.62. This transition is related to a rearrangement of the central [CoO] layer of the [Ca2CoO3] slab of this structure, characterized by a commensurate intrinsic modulation q2 = 2/3a*-1/3c*.

Disordered misfit [Ca(2)CoO(3)][CoO(2)](1.62) structure revisited via a new intrinsic modulation.

The structure of the thermoelectric lamellar misfit cobalt oxide [Ca(2)CoO(3)][CoO(2)](1.62) was refined again using single-crystal X-ray diffraction data. A new commensurate intrinsic modulation was observed involving a modulation vector orthogonal to the misfit direction ((2/3),0,-(1/3)).

Modulated misfit structure of the thermoelectric [Bi0.84CaO2]2[CoO2]1.69 cobalt oxide.

The structure of the thermoelectric lamellar misfit cobalt oxide [Bi0.84CaO2]2[CoO2]1.69 has been refined using single crystal X-ray diffraction data.

A ladderlike chain aluminum fluoride ([Al2F8]2-)n with edge-sharing AlF6 octahedra.

A new aluminum fluoride, Al(2)F(8).2NC(5)H(6).C(6)H(3)(CO(2)H)(3), was synthesized under mild hydrothermal conditions (200 degrees C, 3 days) in the presence of 1,3,5-benzenetricarboxylic acid (btc) in pyridine/HF (pyr/HF) solvent.