Counter electrode materials based on carbon nanotubes for dye-sensitized solar cells

N Shahzad, T Perveen, D Pugliese, S Haq… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
Efficiency, stability, and cost-effectiveness are the prime challenges in research of materials
for solar cells. Technologically as well as scientifically, attention gained by dye-sensitized …

Surface engineering of nanostructured ZnO surfaces

M Laurenti, S Stassi, G Canavese… - Advanced Materials …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Zinc Oxide (ZnO) nanostructures represent promising substrate materials for numerous
applications, ranging from new generation solar cells, to bio‐and chemical sensors. This …

Effect of ZnO nanostructures on the performance of dye sensitized solar cells

AH Javed, N Shahzad, MA Khan, M Ayub, N Iqbal… - Solar Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Development of cost effective and easily scalable energy systems for harvesting
renewable solar energy is attractive proposal for future. This work presents facile synthesis …

TiO2 nanotubes as flexible photoanode for back-illuminated dye-sensitized solar cells with hemi-squaraine organic dye and iodine-free transparent electrolyte

D Pugliese, A Lamberti, F Bella, A Sacco, S Bianco… - Organic …, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract Back-illuminated Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells (DSSCs) have been fabricated
employing TiO 2 nanotube (NT) arrays grown on a flexible Ti foil as a working electrode, an …

Structure-efficiency relationship of newly synthesized 4-substituted donor–π–acceptor coumarins for dye-sensitized solar cells

MM Jadhav, JV Vaghasiya, DS Patil, SS Soni… - New Journal of …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Four (MC1–MC4) 4-substituted coumarin dyes having N, N-diethyl aniline as donor and
rhodanine-3-acetic acid as acceptor have been synthesized for use in nano-crystalline TiO2 …

Low‐Temperature Water‐Assisted Oxidation of Sponge‐Like Zn Nanostructures for Environmental and Energy Harvesting Applications

M Laurenti, M Fontana, S Stassi… - Advanced Materials …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
In this work, the oxidation of sponge‐like nanostructured Zn films exploiting their interaction
with water in liquid and vapor phases is investigated. By simply exposing the sputtered …

[HTML][HTML] Performance of natural-dye-sensitized solar cells by ZnO nanorod and nanowall enhanced photoelectrodes

S Saadaoui, MAB Youssef, MB Karoui… - Beilstein Journal of …, 2017 - beilstein-journals.org
In this work, two natural dyes extracted from henna and mallow plants with a maximum
absorbance at 665 nm were studied and used as sensitizers in the fabrication of dye …

Single-Molecule Interfacial Electron Transfer Dynamics of Porphyrin on TiO2 Nanoparticles: Dissecting the Complex Electronic Coupling Dependent Dynamics

VG Rao, B Dhital, Y He, HP Lu - The Journal of Physical Chemistry …, 2014 - ACS Publications
The photosensitized interfacial electron transfer (ET) dynamics of the zinc (II)–5, 10, 15, 20-
tetra (3-carboxyphenyl) porphyrin (m-ZnTCPP)–TiO2 nanoparticle (NP) system has been …

[HTML][HTML] Green synthesis of functionalized graphene-based material with dimethyl but-2-ynedioate for electrochemical energy storage devices

S Mazzotta, A Martis, M Serrapede, P Zaccagnini… - Journal of Energy …, 2024 - Elsevier
Functionalization of graphene with dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate is achieved through a
microwave-assisted Diels-Alder reaction. The physical, chemical, and electrochemical …

Metal-free bipolar/octupolar organic dyes for DSSC application: A combined experimental and theoretical approach

S Mandal, S Kushwaha, R Mukkamala, VK Siripina… - Organic …, 2016 - Elsevier
This study evaluated four donor-π-linker-acceptor (D-π-A) dyes experimentally, which either
have 1 or 3 triphenylamine (TPA) donor in combination with either pyridine or N-methyl …