Niobium oxides and niobates physical properties: Review and prospects

C Nico, T Monteiro, MPF Graça - Progress in Materials Science, 2016 - Elsevier
For the last 75 years several studies have been reporting on the physical properties of
niobium oxides, but there is still many contradictory, inconsistent and insufficient information …

[HTML][HTML] Spray-on thin film PV solar cells: advances, potentials and challenges

M Eslamian - Coatings, 2014 - mdpi.com
The capability to fabricate photovoltaic (PV) solar cells on a large scale and at a competitive
price is a milestone waiting to be achieved. Currently, such a fabrication method is lacking …

Thin films and nanostructures of niobium pentoxide: fundamental properties, synthesis methods and applications

RA Rani, AS Zoolfakar, AP O'Mullane… - Journal of Materials …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
As one of the transition metal oxides, niobium pentoxide (Nb2O5) offers a broad variety of
properties that make it a potentially useful and highly applicable material in many different …

[HTML][HTML] Polymorphs of Nb2O5 Compound and Their Electrical Energy Storage Applications

R Pang, Z Wang, J Li, K Chen - Materials, 2023 - mdpi.com
Niobium pentoxide (Nb2O5), as an important dielectric and semiconductor material, has
numerous crystal polymorphs, higher chemical stability than water and oxygen, and a higher …

Reduced graphene oxide–titania nanocomposite‐modified photoanode for efficient dye‐sensitized solar cells

SP Lim, A Pandikumar, NM Huang… - International Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
We report the successful application of reduced graphene oxide–titania (rGO–TiO2)
nanocomposite as an efficient photoanode for dye‐sensitized solar cell (DSSC). The DSSC …

Recrystallization effects in spray-pyrolyzed Nb2O5 thin films induced by 100 MeV O7+ swift heavy ion beam irradiation

R Rathika, M Kovendhan, DP Joseph… - Materials Science and …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this work, the influence of 100 MeV O 7+ high energy swift heavy ion beam irradiation at
varied fluences on the modification of properties of spray-deposited thin niobium pentoxide …

Effect of ZnO seed layer thickness on hierarchical ZnO nanorod growth on flexible substrates for application in dye-sensitised solar cells

TA Nirmal Peiris, H Alessa, JS Sagu… - Journal of nanoparticle …, 2013 - Springer
ZnO nanorod (NR) arrays are considered to be suitable for application in flexible
photovoltaic devices due to the high surface-to-volume ratio provided by the one …

[HTML][HTML] Tailoring the properties of spray deposited V2O5 thin films using swift heavy ion beam irradiation

R Rathika, M Kovendhan, DP Joseph… - Nuclear Engineering …, 2020 - Elsevier
Swift heavy ion (SHI) beam irradiation can generate desirable defects in materials by
transferring sufficient energy to the lattice that favours huge possibilities in tailoring of …

'Li'doping induced physicochemical property modifications of MoO3 thin films

M Kovendhan, DP Joseph, P Manimuthu… - Applied surface …, 2013 - Elsevier
Abstract Undoped and lithium (Li)(1–5 wt%) doped MoO 3 thin films were deposited over
ITO coated glass substrates by spray pyrolysis at a substrate temperature of 325° C …

[HTML][HTML] 200 MeV Ag15+ ion beam irradiation induced modifications in spray deposited MoO3 thin films by fluence variation

R Rathika, M Kovendhan, DP Joseph… - Nuclear Engineering …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Spray deposited Molybdenum trioxide (MoO 3) thin film of thickness nearly 379 nm
were irradiated with 200 MeV Ag 15+ ion beam at different fluences (Ø) of 5× 10 11, 1× 10 …