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Light Trapping in Plasmonic Solar Cells [PDF]

, 2011
Subwavelength nanostructures enable the manipulation and molding of light in nanoscale dimensions. By controlling and designing the complex dielectric function and nanoscale geometry we can affect the coupling of light into specific active materials and ...
Ferry, Vivian Eleanor
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Stability of ruthenium/organic dye co-sensitized solar cells: a joint experimental and computational investigation [PDF]

, 2014
We carried out a joint experimental and theoretical study of the stability of dye-sensitized solar cells using a mixture of black dye (N749) and a Y1 organic co-adsorbent.
Agrawal, Saurabh, Salvatori, Paolo, Barreddi, Chiranjeevi, Malapaka, Chandrasekharam, De Angelis, Filippo, de Borniol, Mervyn   +5 more
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First Principle Modelling of Materials and Processes in Dye-Sensitized Photoanodes for Solar Energy and Solar Fuels

Computation, 2017
In the context of solar energy exploitation, dye-sensitized solar cells and dye-sensitized photoelectrosynthetic cells offer the promise of low-cost sunlight conversion and storage, respectively.
Mariachiara Pastore
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High-Efficiency Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells: A Comprehensive Review

Computational and Experimental Research in Materials and Renewable Energy, 2022
Keeping in mind our community's dependency on non-renewable sources of energy, it is a gravitating issue that seeks our attention and requires us to switch to renewable sources of energy at the earliest.
Ankit Stephen Thomas
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Structure‐Function Tailoring of Plasmonic Nanomaterials for Thin‐Film Photovoltaics

Carbon Energy, EarlyView.
This review discusses the mechanisms and recent advancements of plasmonics in achieving effective light management to enhance the performance of thin‐film solar cells. It highlights applications in high‐performance perovskite solar cells and future‐oriented tandem solar cells.
Sen Jiang, Wenhan Yang, Annan Zhu, Yuexin Lin, Zhaohui Xie, Ran Chen, Wenjing Zhu, Jin Liu, Yingjie Zhu, Wenye Jiang, Zhiyuan Gu, Kaiyang Wang, Shengchun Yang, Nan Zhang, Chao Liang   +14 more
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Effective dyes for DSSCs–Important experimental and calculated parameters

Energy Nexus
This review article gives a short overview of the basic principle and criteria to evaluate the performance of dye-sensitized solar cells. Experimental measurements such as the short-circuit current density, open-circuit photovoltage, fill factor, energy ...
Jeanet Conradie
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Conducting polymer blends (polyaniline/polypyrrole) as counter electrode materials in dye sensitized solar cells

Ceylon Journal of Science, 2018
Dye sensitized solar cells have attracted lot of research interest in recent years due to their low production cost, higher transparency, easy fabrication and tunable optical properties.
H. M. C. P. Nawarathna, D. U. S. N. Abeysingha, W. M. T. N. Wickramasinghe, W. S. S. Gunathilake   +3 more
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Boosting Bifacial Output Power of Ag‐CIGS Solar Cells by Optimizing ITO Back‐Contact Thickness for Tandem Applications

Carbon Energy, EarlyView.
Optimized ITO back contact with pre‐Ga supply growth and Ag incorporation suppresses GaOx formation and interface recombination in bifacial CIGS solar cells. The devices achieve 17.25% front and 5.77% rear efficiency, delivering record bifacial power density up to 32.26 mW cm−2 in 4T perovskite/CIGS tandem architectures under enhanced albedo ...
Amanat Ali, Dae‐Ho Son, Wook Hyun Kim, Hyo Jeong Jo, Dong‐Hwan Jeon, Won‐Joon Kim, Van‐Quy Hoang, Jaebaek Lee, Bashiru Kadiri‐English, Jin‐Kyu Kang, Kee‐Jeong Yang, Shi‐Joon Sung, Dae‐Kue Hwang, Dae‐Hwan Kim   +13 more
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Co-sensitization aided efficiency enhancement in betanin–chlorophyll solar cell

Materials for Renewable and Sustainable Energy, 2018
Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) are a promising third-generation photovoltaic cell technology whose advantages are low-cost fabrication, reduced energy payback time, better performance under diffuse light conditions and flexibility.
S. Sreeja, Bala Pesala
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Green Chemistry im Chemieunterricht: eine farbstoffsensibilisierte Solarzelle mit sicheren und leicht verfügbaren Materialien

CHEMKON, EarlyView.
Farbstoffsensibilisierte Solarzellen (Dye‐sensitized Solar Cells, DSSCs) stellen einen biomimetischen Ansatz zur Umwandlung von Sonnenlicht in elektrische Energie dar, der sich am Funktionsprinzip der Photosynthese orientiert. Trotz ihres seit den frühen 1990er‐Jahren bekannten Konzepts existieren bislang nur wenige experimentelle Zugänge, die zugleich
Kristin Sellmann, Stasa Sekularac, Carsten Streb, Annabel Pauly   +3 more
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