Review on polymer electrolyte in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs)

MS Su'ait, MYA Rahman, A Ahmad - Solar Energy, 2015 - Elsevier
The dependence of dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) on the liquid electrolytes set the
limitation and restriction on the expending of the DSSC module fabrication. Moreover, the …

Recent advances in the self-assembly of sparsely grafted amphiphilic copolymers in aqueous solution

Y Sakamoto, T Nishimura - Polymer Chemistry, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The self-assembly of amphiphilic block copolymers is acknowledged as a powerful tool for
the fabrication of nanoparticles with a wide variety of nanostructures in aqueous solutions. In …

Remarkable 8.3% efficiency and extended electron lifetime towards highly stable semi-transparent iodine-free DSSCs by mitigating the in-situ triiodide generation

AK Bharwal, L Manceriu, C Olivier, A Mahmoud… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
Achieving highly stable and efficient dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) remains a major
challenge for future industrial development. In the present work, a series of ionic conductors …

Enhanced performance of mixed‐matrix membranes through a graft copolymer‐directed interface and interaction tuning approach

WS Chi, SJ Kim, SJ Lee, YS Bae, JH Kim - ChemSusChem, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Herein, a high performance mixed‐matrix membrane (MMM) is reported with simultaneously
large improvements in the CO2 permeability by 880% from 70.2 to 687.7 Barrer (1 Barrer …

Hierarchical Double‐Shell Nanostructures of TiO2 Nanosheets on SnO2 Hollow Spheres for High‐Efficiency, Solid‐State, Dye‐Sensitized Solar Cells

SH Ahn, DJ Kim, WS Chi, JH Kim - Advanced Functional …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
A high‐energy conversion efficiency of 8.2% at 100 mW cm− 2 is reported, one of the
highest values for N719‐based, solid‐state, dye‐sensitized solar cells (ssDSSCs). The solar …

Realizing ordered arrays of nanostructures: a versatile platform for converting and storing energy efficiently

Z Wang, D Cao, R Xu, S Qu, Z Wang, Y Lei - Nano Energy, 2016 - Elsevier
To date, technical development has boosted the efficiencies of energy converting/storing
devices with conventional planar architectures to be close to the corresponding theoretical …

Dye-sensitized solar cell performance and photocatalytic activity enhancement using binary zinc oxide-copper oxide nanocomposites prepared via co-precipitation …

S Kanimozhi, KM Prabu, S Thambidurai, S Suresh - Ceramics International, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO NPs) and binary ZnO–CuO nanocomposites (ZnO–
CuO NCs) were prepared through a simple chemical co-precipitation route. The influence of …

Bifunctional moth‐eye nanopatterned dye‐sensitized solar cells: light‐harvesting and self‐cleaning effects

SY Heo, JK Koh, G Kang, SH Ahn… - Advanced Energy …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
A nanopatterning technique using nanostamps that provides a facile process to create a
nature‐inspired moth‐eye structure achieving high transmittance in the visible range as well …

A shape-and morphology-controlled metal organic framework template for high-efficiency solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells

WS Chi, DK Roh, CS Lee, JH Kim - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
This report provides a facile process to produce shape-and morphology-controlled MIL-125
(Ti), a subclass of metal organic frameworks (MOFs) using poly (ethylene glycol) diglycidyl …

Carbon nanohorn-based electrolyte for dye-sensitized solar cells

F Lodermeyer, RD Costa, R Casillas… - Energy & …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
For the first time, carbon nanohorns were implemented into solid-state electrolytes for highly
efficient solid-state and quasi-solid-state DSSCs. They feature an effective catalytic behavior …