Recent advances in eco-friendly and cost-effective materials towards sustainable dye-sensitized solar cells

N Mariotti, M Bonomo, L Fagiolari, N Barbero… - Green chemistry, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs), as emerging photovoltaic technology, have been
thoroughly and extensively investigated in the last three decades. Since their first …

Recent developments of perovskites oxides and spinel materials as platinum-free counter electrodes for dye-sensitized solar cells: a comprehensive review

A Alizadeh, M Roudgar-Amoli, Z Shariatinia… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSC) are known as a hot subject in the photovoltaic (PV) field.
Several materials are used to fabricate a DSSC, including titanium dioxide/metal oxide …

Green synthesis of TiO2 nanoparticles using orange peel extract for antibacterial, cytotoxicity and humidity sensor applications

AM Amanulla, R Sundaram - Materials Today: Proceedings, 2019 - Elsevier
Green synthesis of nanoparticles via plant extract is a novel method to spread over in the
field of nanoscience and nanotechnology. Nanoparticles prepared by biological route are an …

Sb2S3 entrenched MWCNT composite as a low-cost Pt-free counter electrode for dye-sensitized solar cell and a viewpoint for a photo-powered energy system

IJ Peter, S Vijaya, S Anandan, P Nithiananthi - Electrochimica Acta, 2021 - Elsevier
The current research interest is to use Sb 2 S 3 entrenched Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes
(MWCNT) composite as Pt-free counter electrode in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) and …

Platinum-free metal sulfide counter electrodes for DSSC applications: Structural, electrochemical and power conversion efficiency analyses

K Subalakshmi, KA Kumar, OP Paul, S Saraswathy… - Solar Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Micro/Nanoscale binary (CoS, NiS, and ZnS) and ternary (CoNi 2 S 4 and Zn 0.76
Co 0.24 S) metal sulfides were directly grown on FTO substrates by a novel one step …

New approaches in component design for dye-sensitized solar cells

N Vlachopoulos, A Hagfeldt, I Benesperi… - Sustainable Energy & …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The present perspective presents a number of issues related to the current direction of
DSSC research, with emphasis on the transition from iodide-containing electrolyte to charge …

A new breakthrough for graphene/carbon nanotubes as counter electrodes of dye-sensitized solar cells with up to a 10.69% power conversion efficiency

F Yu, Y Shi, W Yao, S Han, J Ma - Journal of Power Sources, 2019 - Elsevier
A three-dimensional graphene/single-walled carbon nanotube counter electrode is
developed for dye-sensitized solar cells via a drop-coating method. The resulting …

A comprehensive Review based on the synthesis, properties, morphology, functionalization, and potential applications of transition metals nitrides

H Ali, Y Orooji, Z Ajmal, M Abboud, AM Abu-Dief… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2025 - Elsevier
Transition metal nitrides (TMNs) are emerging as versatile materials with significant potential
across various fields due to their unique properties and functionalities. This review provides …

Efficient and cost-effective dye-sensitized solar cells using MWCNT-TiO2 nanocomposite as photoanode and MWCNT as Pt-free counter electrode

M Younas, MA Gondal, MA Dastageer, K Harrabi - Solar Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
In the present study, a new cost-effective and efficient configuration [n-MWCNT-TiO
2/N3/MWCNT] of dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) is proposed and fabricated, where n …

Titanium nitride nanoflower buds as Pt-free counter electrodes for dye-sensitized solar cells

S Gnanasekar, AN Grace - ACS Applied Nano Materials, 2021 - ACS Publications
The nanostructure of titanium nitride was synthesized and investigated as a counter
electrode (CE) to replace the conventional platinum CE for dye-sensitized solar cells …