With the depletion of fossil fuels and the pollution of environment, it is urgent to develop
renewable energy technologies to replace the traditional fossil fuels and satisfy the …

Metal oxides have been of great importance to the development of energy conversion and
storage technologies including heterojunction solar cells, Li-ion batteries, and …

In the 1800s, as the primary energy resource, the industrial revolution started with fossil
fuels. Various research efforts have been carried out in finding an alternative for photovoltaic …

Synthesis methods, shape and size of the nanocrystalline titanium dioxide (TiO 2) are very
crucial parameters for the power conversion efficiency of dye sensitized solar cells. In this …

An optimal small amount of water added into methyl ammonium iodide (MAI) solution in
isopropyl alcohol (IPA) helps perovskite crystallization and leads to larger grain size from …

For the first time, room temperature heating free growth and crystallization of perovskite films
in ambient air without the use of thermal annealing is reported. Highly efficient perovskite …

In this study, we prepare zinc oxide and tin oxide nanoparticles employing the sol–gel
method. Each of these materials possesses certain advantages and limitations for …

The main objective of this chapter is to describe the different components of a macroscopic-
scale first-principles dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) mathematical model. It starts from the …

Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) are among the third-generation solar cell technologies
that can improve power conversion efficiency by modifying the photoanode. In this study, TiO …

Electrospinning, an electrostatic fiber fabrication method, has emerged as an invincible
technique for the production of micro-to nanofibers-based polymeric scaffolds. It has gained …