Recent Advances in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells
Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) are an effective alternative for delivering clean energy from the sun compared to the most widely deployed technologies based upon semiconductor photovoltaics [...]
Claudia Dragonetti, Alessia Colombo
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Optical Properties and Aggregation of Phenothiazine-based Dye-Sensitisers for Solar Cells Applications: A Combined Experimental and Computational Investigation [PDF]
Combining computational modeling and experimental optical analyses, we investigate two prototypical phenothiazine-based organic solar cells sensitizers with the aim to understand the individual effects of solvation and aggregation on the dyes optical ...
Agrawal, Saurabh +5 more
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Preparation and Comparison Between Bi2WO6 and ZnO Photoanodes in Dye-sensitized Solar Cells [PDF]
This study presents a comparative analysis of two photoanode materials such as bismuth tungstate (Bi2WO6) and zinc oxide (ZnO) for application in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). The Bi2WO6 and ZnO films were coated onto fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO)
Buagun Samran +2 more
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Electrochemical Assessment of the Band-Edge Positioning in Shape-Tailored TiO2-Nanorod-Based Photoelectrodes for Dye Solar Cells [PDF]
Three families of linear shaped TiO2 anatase nanocrystals with variable aspect ratio (4, 8, 16) and two sets of branched TiO2 anatase nanocrystals (in the form of open-framework sheaf-like nanorods and compact braid-like nanorod bundles, respectively ...
Luisa De Marco +11 more
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Applications of carbon nanotubes and graphene for third-generation solar cells and fuel cells
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and graphene have attracted great attention since decades ago because of their interesting structure and properties and important application in many areas.
Jianyong Ouyang
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In-situ microfluidic controlled low temperature hydrothermal growth of nanoflakes for dye-sensitized solar cells [PDF]
In this paper, an in-situ microfluidic control unit (MCU) was designed and applied in a hydrothermal synthesis process, which provides an easy way to localize liquid-phase reaction and realize selective synthesis and direct growth of nanostructures as ...
Child, David +7 more
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Influence of Donor Groups of Organic D−π–A Dyes on Open-Circuit Voltage in Solid-State Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells [PDF]
In solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells (ssDSCs), the poor pore filling of the mesoporous semiconductor and the short diffusion length of charge carriers in the holetransport material (HTM) have limited the mesoscopic titania layer to a thickness of 23
Moehl, Thomas +20 more
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Co-sensitization aided efficiency enhancement in betanin–chlorophyll solar cell
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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Review on the Use of Dyestuff for Enhancement of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell Efficiency
Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) have high energy conversion efficiency and environmental friendliness. Consequently, the aim of this paper is to review the use of dyestuff for the enhancement of dye sensitive solar cell efficiency.
A. O. Ukpene +2 more
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Recent Progress of Graphene-Based Photoelectrode Materials for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells
Graphite with a single atomic layer known as graphene shows great capability in energy conversion and storage devices. Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) have attracted intense interests due to offering high photo-to-electric conversion efficiencies ...
Kaustubh Patil +3 more
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