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 …

Influence of PVP template on the formation of porous TiO2 nanofibers by electrospinning technique for dye-sensitized solar cell

V Elayappan, P Panneerselvam, S Nemala… - Applied Physics A, 2015 - Springer
The porous TiO 2 nanofibers were prepared by electrospinning technique using
polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) as template as well as pore-forming agent at the calcination …

Co-sensitization of TiO2-MWCNTs hybrid anode for efficient dye-sensitized solar cells

U Mehmood, S Ahmed, IA Hussein, K Harrabi - Electrochimica Acta, 2015 - Elsevier
Co-sensitization of dyes on hybrid TiO 2-MWCNTs photoanode is an effective approach to
enhance the performance of a dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC). In this work, N719 sensitizer …

Electronic structures of two types of TiO 2 electrodes: Inverse opal and nanoparticulate cases

T Toyoda, W Yindeesuk, T Okuno, M Akimoto… - RSC Advances, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
We present a comparison between the electronic structures of inverse opal (IO) and
nanoparticulate (NP)-TiO2 electrodes. The electronic structure details were obtained from …

Facile fabrication of TiO2 nanoparticle–TiO2 nanofiber composites by co-electrospinning–electrospraying for dye-sensitized solar cells

GS Anjusree, TG Deepak, SV Nair, AS Nair - Journal of energy chemistry, 2015 - Elsevier
We report a facile method for the fabrication of TiO 2 nanofiber–nanoparticle composite (FP)
via. simultaneous electrospraying and electrospinning for dye-sensitized solar cell (DSC) …

TiO 2 nanofibers resembling 'yellow bristle grass' in morphology by a soft chemical transformation

S Nandan, TG Deepak, SV Nair, AS Nair - Dalton Transactions, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
We synthesized a uniquely shaped one-dimensional (1-D) TiO2 nanostructure having the
morphology of yellow bristle grass with high surface area by the titanate route under mild …

Optimization of the electrospinning parameters of Mn2O3 and Mn3O4 nanofibers

AM El-Rafei - Ceramics International, 2015 - Elsevier
Three dimensional porous random Mn 2 O 3 and Mn 3 O 4 nanofibers were successfully
prepared via a facile electrospinning homogenous solution of 0.006 mol of manganese …

New 1, 3, 4‐oxadiazole based photosensitizers for dye sensitized solar cells (DSSCs)

U Mehmood, IA Hussein, M Daud - International Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
1, 3, 4‐Oxadiazole based photosensitizers with biphenyl, naphthalene, anthracene, and
triphenylamine as the electron‐donating moiety were synthesized for solar cell applications …

Effect of graphene and Au@ SiO 2 core–shell nano-composite on photoelectrochemical performance of dye-sensitized solar cells based on N-doped titania …

PS Chandrasekhar, VK Komarala - RSC Advances, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
We have investigated the role of graphene and Au@ SiO2 core–shell nano-composite (NC),
on the performance of dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSC) based on nitrogen doped TiO2 …

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R Toyoda, M Tsuchiya, R Sakamoto, R Matsuoka… - scholar.archive.org
Dipyrrins are a family of organic ligand molecules that contain two pyrrole rings connected
by a methine bridge, and thus possess a partial porphyrin structure. Dipyrrins and their …