Morphological variations of ZnO nanostructures and its influence on the photovoltaic performance when used as photoanodes in dye sensitized solar cells

P Nandi, D Das - Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 2022 - Elsevier
Different hierarchical architectures of ZnO were synthesized via optimization of
ethylenediamine (EDA) concentration in a simple low-temperature hydrothermal route and …

Ion‐implantation in titania‐based plasmonic photo‐anodes: a review

SK Vemula, SSK Raavi - Advanced Materials Interfaces, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The metal‐oxide semiconductors exhibit remarkable optoelectronic properties and have
immense implication in applications involving energy conversion, light emission …

A computational investigation of the influence of acceptor moieties on photovoltaic performances and adsorption onto the TiO2 surface in triphenylamine-based dyes …

S Mandal, GR Kandregula, VNB Tokala - Journal of Photochemistry and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Five metal-free organic dyes (A1 to A5) comprising triphenylamine and vinyl-thiophene as a
common donor and spacer, respectively were considered in this work. The different …

Replacing aromatic π-system with cycloalkyl in triphenylamine dyes to impact intramolecular charge transfer in dyes pertaining to dye-sensitized solar cells application

S Mandal, GR Kandregula, K Ramanujam - Journal of Photochemistry and …, 2020 - Elsevier
In this study, five dyes comprising different donor moieties were proposed with a new design
approach. In the triphenylamine (TPA) moiety, the lone pair electron on N takes part in …

A computational finding on the effect of π-conjugated acceptors in thiophene-linked coumarin dyes for potential suitability in DSSC application

S Mandal, GR Kandregula - Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A …, 2023 - Elsevier
Herein we studied the potential suitability of four thiophene-linked coumarin dyes in dye-
sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) application by employing density functional theory (DFT) and …

Modification of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells with Sputter-Deposited Titanium Dioxide Blocking Layer for Enhanced Photovoltaic Performance under Different …

JC Chou, PF Chen, PH Yang, CH Lai, PY Kuo… - Ieee …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this study, the titanium dioxide (TiO2) thin film prepared by radio frequency magnetron
sputtering system (RF sputtering) was used as the blocking layer (BL) of DSSCs. TiO2 …

Multiphasic titania photoanode: A facile phase assisted approach to enhance the photoelectrochemical and photovoltaic performance

P Ningthoukhongjam, PM Kumar, M Bhagavathiachari… - Optical Materials, 2024 - Elsevier
A facile low-temperature method has been proposed and utilized to synthesize pristine and
multiphasic titania. Increasing reactant acid content led to the phase transition of titania from …

First application of benzotriazole as a dye additive to dye-sensitized solar cells: electrochemical device characterization

GT Tractz, APC Matheus, LFG Larsson… - Journal of the Iranian …, 2023 - Springer
Dye-sensitized solar cell, known as an emergent technology, has been attracted attention
around the world. It has been easily produced by a mesoporous semiconductor oxide (SO) …

Non-precious transition metal-based counter electrodes for dye-sensitized solar cells

S Kushwaha, S Mandal - Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry, 2023 - Springer
A non-platinum metal catalyst, TiNx-C, was synthesized through the high-pressure pyrolysis
method, which was characterized using a transmission electron microscope, surface area …

Drastic improvement in dye-sensitized solar cell efficiency by electrosorption based dye staining of titania semiconductor photoanode

GR Kandregula, J Sivanadanam, K Ramanujam - Electrochimica Acta, 2020 - Elsevier
Herein, we report dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) made of dye stained TiO 2
semiconductor photoanode fabricated using a quick and novel electrosorption assisted dye …