A review on quantum dot sensitized solar cells: Past, present and future towards carrier multiplication with a possibility for higher efficiency

A Sahu, A Garg, A Dixit - Solar Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Quantum Dot Sensitized Solar Cells are considered as the potential third
generation solar cells due to their suitable optoelectronic properties for photovoltaic …

Research and development aspects on chemical preparation techniques of photoanodes for dye sensitized solar cells

N Asim, S Ahmadi, MA Alghoul… - International Journal …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The importance of dye sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) as a low‐cost and environmentally
friendly photovoltaic (PV) technology has prompted many researchers to improve its …

Synthesis of highly crystalline photocatalysts based on TiO2 and ZnO for the degradation of organic impurities under visible-light irradiation

A Kubiak, K Siwińska-Ciesielczyk, Z Bielan… - Adsorption, 2019 - Springer
A TiO 2–ZnO binary oxide system (with molar ratio TiO 2: ZnO= 8: 2) was synthesized by a
hydrothermal method, assisted by calcination at temperatures of 500, 600 and 700° C, using …

Application of impregnation combustion method for fabrication of nanostructure CuO/ZnO composite oxide: XRD, FESEM, DRS and FTIR study

MH Habibi, B Karimi - Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract Nanostructured CuO/ZnO composite oxide was prepared by a novel impregnation
combustion method using copper nitrate and zinc oxide tetrapod. The X-ray diffraction …

Fabrication, characterization of two nano-composite CuO–ZnO working electrodes for dye-sensitized solar cell

MH Habibi, B Karimi, M Zendehdel, M Habibi - Spectrochimica Acta Part A …, 2013 - Elsevier
Abstract Two kind of CuO–ZnO nanocomposite working electrodes were synthesized by sol–
gel technology and applied in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). Their characteristics were …

Nanostructured zinc titanate wide band gap semiconductor as a photoelectrode material for quantum dot sensitized solar cells

A Sahu, R Chaurashiya, K Hiremath, A Dixit - Solar Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
We synthesized zinc titanate nanopowder in different crystal structures by varying
calcination temperature and time and phase evolution is qualitatively investigated using …

Dye-sensitized solar cell characteristics of nanocomposite zinc ferrite working electrode: Effect of composite precursors and titania as a blocking layer on photovoltaic …

MH Habibi, AH Habibi, M Zendehdel… - Spectrochimica Acta Part A …, 2013 - Elsevier
This research investigates the performance of a zinc ferrite (ZF) as working electrodes in a
dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC). This ZF working electrode was prepared by sol–gel and …

High Efficiency MAPbI3 Perovskite Solar Cell Using a Pure Thin Film of Polyoxometalate as Scaffold Layer

MK Sardashti, M Zendehdel, NY Nia… - …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Here, we successfully used a pure layer of [SiW11O39] 8− polyoxomethalate (POM)
structure as a thin‐film scaffold layer for CH3NH3PbI3‐based perovskite solar cells (PSCs) …

Simulation of electronic and optical properties of polyene-diphenylaniline-sensitizers for perovskite n-ZnTiO3 towards efficient dye sensitized solar cells

A Daoud, A Cheknane, HS Hilal, A Meftah… - Materials Science in …, 2021 - Elsevier
Four polyene-diphenylaniline dyes (D5, D7, D9 and D11) are simulated here, for the first
time, as sensitizers for nano-ZnTiO 3-based dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). First …

A combined computational and experimental study of the [Co (bpy) 3] 2+/3+ complexes as one-electron outer-sphere redox couples in dye-sensitized solar cell …

NY Nia, P Farahani, H Sabzyan… - Physical Chemistry …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
A combined experimental and computational investigation conducted to understand the
nature of the interactions between cobalt II/III redox mediators ([Co (bpy) 3] 2+/3+) and their …