Enhancing dye-sensitized solar cell performance by employing an innovative WSe2: Zn counter electrode for improved electrocatalytic activity

MA Abbood, EAM Saleh, A Kumar, P Rodrigues… - Materials Science in …, 2024 - Elsevier
In this research, we introduced a novel counter electrode (CE) for dye-sensitized solar cells
(DSSCs) based on crystalline WSe 2 doped with Zn impurities. The crystalline nature of …

Nature-inspired structure and electronic structure regulation enable polyacrylonitrile nanofiber/cobalt-doping SnS2 nanosheets to integrate flexible room-temperature …

W Ma, Y Fu, G Meng, W Tan, Y Wang, J Tan - Sensors and Actuators B …, 2023 - Elsevier
Flexible room-temperature (RT) gas sensors are highly desirable due to their low power
consumption and wearability. However, it is very challenging to integrate excellent …

Synergetic effect of 2D/2D Co-SnS2 with reduced graphene oxide heterostructure for Pt-free counter electrode

J Raveena, RR Chandrapal, G Bakiyaraj… - Materials Today …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract 2D Layered transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) have great attention
concerning their unique electrical and optical properties. Counter electrodes (CEs) are …

Tin sulfide (SnS) films deposited by an electric field-assisted continuous spray pyrolysis technique with application as counter electrodes in dye-sensitized solar cells

T Mohammad, F Alam, A Sadhanala… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The deposition of tin sulfide (SnS) nanostructured films using a continuous spray pyrolysis
technique is reported with an electric field present at the nozzle for influencing the …

Flower-like SnS2/rGO composites with efficient iodide-triiodide redox performance for counter electrodes in Pt-free dye-sensitized solar cells

MS Nithyapriya, MM Sivalingam, M Navaneethan… - Optical Materials, 2024 - Elsevier
The work function (WF) of the counter electrode (CE) predominantly determines the device
performance of dye sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) as it controls the electron transfer rate for …

Investigation of the photovoltaic efficiency of dye-sensitized solar cells using transition metal (Cu, Mo, and Ni)-doped 2D SnS2 nanoflakes counter-electrodes

J Raveena, G Bakiyaraj, J Archana… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - Springer
The present work aims to investigate the electrocatalytic properties and photovoltaic power
conversion efficiency (PCE) of 2D SnS2 nanoflakes pure and different transition metals (Cu …

Cobalt Substitution on SnS-rGO Composites for Efficient Oxygen and Hydrogen Evolution Reactions

C Kumar, P Saharan, TI Singh, A Gupta, J Singh… - Energy & …, 2024 - ACS Publications
To overcome the high cost of established electrocatalysts (viz., Pt/C and RuO2), there is a
pressing need to replace them with highly efficient, cost-effective, and sustainable …

Synthesis of nitrogen-doped carbon dot/tin disulfide nanosheet composite electro-catalysts for dye-sensitized solar cells

LJ Chen, CJ Yu, PK Sahoo, YX Wang, YX Lin… - …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Nitrogen-doped carbon dots (N-CDs) and vertically-grown tin disulfide (SnS 2) nanosheets
are synthesized via hydrothermal method and chemical vapor deposition technique …

Constructing 3D flower-like hierarchical ZnO/SnS2 heterojunction by decorating SnS2 nanosheets with ZnO nanoclusters as synergistic photocatalyst

Y Zhou, Y Sun, J Feng, X Li - Applied Physics Express, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Flower-like ZnO/SnS 2 heterojunction was constructed as photocatalyst. The
heterojunction shows hierarchical architecture structure, in which SnS 2 nanosheets are …

Tailoring the work function of SnS2/SnO2 composites for improved counter electrode performance in dye-sensitized solar cells

MS Nithyapriya, S Athithya, SM Mariappan, S Harish… - Emergent …, 2024 - Springer
Tuning the work function of counter electrode (CE) materials is a novel strategy to improve
the catalytic activity of I−/I3− electrolyte reduction, thereby improving the performance of dye …