Third-generation solar cells: a review and comparison of polymer: fullerene, hybrid polymer and perovskite solar cells

J Yan, BR Saunders - Rsc Advances, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
The need for large scale low carbon solar electricity production has become increasingly
urgent for reasons of energy security and climate change mitigation. Third-generation solar …

“Hot” in plasmonics: temperature‐related concepts and applications of metal nanostructures

C Kuppe, KR Rusimova, L Ohnoutek… - Advanced Optical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Recent advances in nonlinear optics, hot electrons for renewable energy (eg, solar cells and
water‐splitting), acousto‐optics, nanometalworking, nanorobotics, steam generation, and …

Highly stable carbon-based perovskite solar cell with a record efficiency of over 18% via hole transport engineering

QQ Chu, B Ding, J Peng, H Shen, X Li, Y Liu… - Journal of Materials …, 2019 - Elsevier
Carbon-based perovskite solar cells show great potential owing to their low-cost production
and superior stability in air, compared to their counterparts using metal contacts. The …

Hydrothermally grown α-MnO2 nanorods as highly efficient low cost counter-electrode material for dye-sensitized solar cells and electrochemical sensing applications

K Ahmad, A Mohammad, SM Mobin - Electrochimica Acta, 2017 - Elsevier
Multipurpose α-MnO 2 nanorods were synthesized by facile hydrothermal method. The
synthesized α-MnO 2 nanorods were characterized by PXRD, UV-vis, SEM, EDX, TEM and …

Progress in plasmonic solar cell efficiency improvement: A status review

P Mandal, S Sharma - Renewable and sustainable energy reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
Solar cell efficiency improvement has been one of the major concerns to realize ultimately
the cost effective efficient solar cells. Among various ways to improve solar cell efficiency …

Nanoarchitectures in dye-sensitized solar cells: metal oxides, oxide perovskites and carbon-based materials

JS Shaikh, NS Shaikh, SS Mali, JV Patil, KK Pawar… - Nanoscale, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) have aroused great interest and been regarded as a
potential renewable energy resource among the third-generation solar cell technologies to …

[HTML][HTML] Ultrafast and fast charge separation processes in real dye-sensitized solar cells

C Martin, M Ziółek, A Douhal - Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology …, 2016 - Elsevier
The increasing global energy consumption and the simultaneous non-renewable resources
depletion with their rising contamination levels, make the present energy scenario …

An in-depth review on the role of carbon nanostructures in dye-sensitized solar cells

M Janani, P Srikrishnarka, SV Nair… - Journal of Materials …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) are considered to be promising, low-cost alternatives to
amorphous silicon solar cells. The major components of a DSC include a metal oxide …

Low-temperature applications of phase change materials for energy storage: a descriptive review

JF Hinojosa, SF Moreno, VM Maytorena - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
Thermal storage is very relevant for technologies that make thermal use of solar energy, as
well as energy savings in buildings. Phase change materials (PCMs) are positioned as an …

A self-template synthesis of defect-rich WS 2 as a highly efficient electrocatalyst for the hydrogen evolution reaction

Y Ling, Z Yang, Q Zhang, Y Zhang, W Cai… - Chemical …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Defect-rich tungsten disulfide (WS2) nanosheets are synthesized via a self-template method,
in which tungsten oxide is partially sulfurized to form WS2/WO3 nanosheets. The defect-rich …