Recent advancements and challenges in flexible low temperature dye sensitised solar cells

H Khir, AK Pandey, R Saidur, MS Ahmad… - Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
Dye sensitised solar cells (DSSCs) have been in extensive development in recent years in
the field of solar energy due to its cost-effectiveness, ease in fabrication, flexibility, and being …

Pivotal role of nucleation layers in the hydrothermally-assisted growth of ZnO and its H2 gas sensing performance

Ö Barin, A Ajjaq, AO Çağırtekin, IK Er… - Sensors and Actuators B …, 2022 - Elsevier
Although hydrogen is a non-poisonous gas that can dissipate quickly once is released, it
causes suffocation at high concentrations and is very risky on some occasions if not suitably …

Concentration dependence of physical properties of low temperature processed ZnO quantum dots thin films on polyethylene terephthalate as potential electron …

S Muhammad, AT Nomaan, AO Olaoye, MI Idris… - Ceramics …, 2022 - Elsevier
Colloidal Zinc oxide quantum dots (ZnO QDs) prepared with varying concentrations through
precipitation method were deposited on flexible ITO/PET substrates using spin-coating …

Review of Oxidative Dissolution and Sulfidation of Select Nanoparticles in the Environment: Impact on Applications

TL O'Keefe, CL Haynes - ACS Applied Nano Materials, 2024 - ACS Publications
Nanoparticles (NPs) are increasingly being used in medical, electronic, energy, and
agricultural applications due to their unique properties that often arise due to the high …

Fabrication of transparent TiO2-GO nanocomposites deposited on vertically aligned ZnO nanowire arrays as hybrid nanostructured photo-anode for dye-sensitized …

M Chakraborty, ES Kadir, RN Gayen - Optical Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
In this article, we report the fabrication of hybrid nanostructures comprised of vertically
aligned Zinc Oxide (ZnO) nanowires (NWs) coated with titanium dioxide-graphene oxide …

Large-scale and green preparation of multifunctional ZnO

Y Gui, Y Zhu, K Tian, J Wu, H Guo, X Qin, X Qin… - Materials Science and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Highly active and multifunctional zinc oxide (ZnO) was synthesized using the water bath
method. The concentrated NaOH solution rapidly converted zinc ions to ZnO. The solvent …

Increasing the photovoltaic performance of dye-sensitized solar cells by zinc oxide film as a recombination blocking layer

JC Chou, RH Syu, PH Yang, PY Kuo… - … on Electron Devices, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) have great potential in solar power generation due to
their advantages of easy fabrication and low fabrication cost. One of the main problems of …

Simulation, synthesis, and analysis of strontium-doped ZnO nanostructures for optoelectronics and energy-harvesting devices

MS Anjum, MW Ashraf, S Tayyaba, M Imran - Frontiers in Materials, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The demand for clean and sustainable alternative energy resources is linearly increasing
day by day due to the prevailing electricity crisis. Small-scale energy harvesting is …

Synthesis and characterization of ZnO nanoparticles and their application in dye-sensitized solar cells

V Kadam, C Jagtap, T Alshahrani, P Lokhande… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - Springer
Simple and easy synthesis of ZnO nanoparticles is done using Zinc metal dust and double
distilled water. ZnO nano-powder is synthesized by using two methods: reflux (ZnO) and …

Photovoltaics: background and novel carbon-based materials for third-generation solar cells

E Muchuweni, ET Mombeshora, BS Martincigh… - Handbook of Emerging …, 2024 - Elsevier
Recent technological advancements have resulted in a pronounced increase in global
energy demand to an extent where conventional energy sources, particularly fossil fuels, are …