A comprehensive review on counter electrodes for dye sensitized solar cells: a special focus on Pt-TCO free counter electrodes

U Ahmed, M Alizadeh, N Abd Rahim, S Shahabuddin… - Solar energy, 2018 - Elsevier
Among all PV devices, DSSCs are believed to be one of the most promising devices, owing
to their low cost, facile methods of fabrication and eco-friendly nature. Several components …

Recent advancements and challenges in flexible low temperature dye sensitised solar cells

H Khir, AK Pandey, R Saidur, MS Ahmad… - Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
Dye sensitised solar cells (DSSCs) have been in extensive development in recent years in
the field of solar energy due to its cost-effectiveness, ease in fabrication, flexibility, and being …

2-D Mxene flakes as potential replacement for both TCO and Pt layers for Dye-Sensitized Solar cell

MS Ahmad, AK Pandey, N Abd Rahim, N Aslfattahi… - Ceramics …, 2021 - Elsevier
The counter electrode (CE) containing catalyst layer and transparent conducting oxide
(TCO) layer is by far the most expensive components in Dye sensitized solar cells (DSSC) …

[HTML][HTML] Poly (3, 4-ethylenedioxythiophene) decorated MXene as an alternative counter electrode for dye-sensitized solar cells

SP Nagalingam, AN Grace - Materials Today Chemistry, 2022 - Elsevier
Counter electrodes (CE) layer in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) are possibly the most
exorbitant material due to the presence of scarce earth metal, platinum (Pt). The prospective …

Effect of WS2 nano-sheets on the catalytic activity of polyaniline nano-rods based counter electrode for dye sensitized solar cell

MS Ahmad, N Abd Rahim, S Mehmood… - Physica E: Low …, 2021 - Elsevier
The performance and commercialization of dye sensitized solar cells is very much
dependent on cost effective and robust catalyst. In this study, polyaniline (PANi) nano-rods …

Chemical sintering of TiO2 based photoanode for efficient dye sensitized solar cells using Zn nanoparticles

MS Ahmad, AK Pandey, N Abd Rahim… - Ceramics …, 2018 - Elsevier
Recombination reactions due to poor inter-particle contact at lower temperatures (< 450° C)
is a bottle neck for cost effective flexible dye sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). In this study, TiO …

Natural sensitizers and their applications in dye-sensitized solar cell

AK Pandey, MS Ahmad, NA Rahim, VV Tyagi… - … : for sustainable future, 2019 - Springer
Many organic, inorganic and natural dye sensitizers have been trailed in the past in an
attempt to reduce the cost, improve the performance and make the dye-sensitized solar cell …

A novel dye-sensitized solar cell structure based on metal photoanode without FTO/ITO

J Yang, X Yu, Y Li, G Cheng, Z Yi, Z Zhang, F Chi, L Liu - Micromachines, 2022 - mdpi.com
Traditional dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSC) use FTO/ITO containing expensive rare
elements as electrodes, which are difficult to meet the requirements of flexibility. A new type …

Improved ablative properties of nanodiamond-reinforced carbon fiber–epoxy matrix composites

U Farooq, MU Ali, SJ Hussain, MS Ahmad, A Zafar… - Polymers, 2021 - mdpi.com
The influence of nanodiamonds (NDs) on the thermal and ablative performance of carbon-
fiber-reinforced–epoxy matrix compositeswas explored. The ablative response of the …

Aqueous synthesis of the CdTe NCs and influence of size on photovoltaic performance of the CdS/CdTe co-sensitized solar cells

M Marandi, FS Mirahmadi - Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract In this work CdTe NCs with different sizes were synthesized through a hot-injection
chemical precipitation method. Then they were applied as the co-sensitizers in the …