Nanostructured semiconductor materials for dye‐sensitized solar cells

C Cavallo, F Di Pascasio, A Latini… - Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Since O'Regan and Grätzel's first report in 1991, dye‐sensitized solar cells (DSSCs)
appeared immediately as a promising low‐cost photovoltaic technology. In fact, though …

Overview of dye-sensitized solar cells

KKS Lau, M Soroush - Dye-sensitized solar cells, 2019 - Elsevier
Among the different solar technologies, the dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) shows
tremendous promise in delivering a low-cost, high-manufacturability solution to an energy …

Electrochemical and photoelectrochemical properties of nickel oxide (NiO) with nanostructured morphology for photoconversion applications

M Bonomo, D Dini, F Decker - Frontiers in chemistry, 2018 - frontiersin.org
The cost-effective production of chemicals in electrolytic cells and the conversion of the
radiation energy into electrical energy in photoelectrochemical cells (PECs) require the use …

CuO nanomaterials for p-type dye-sensitized solar cells

T Jiang, M Bujoli-Doeuff, Y Farré, Y Pellegrin… - RSC …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
In p-type dye-sensitized solar cells (p-DSSCs), NiO is the most commonly used p-type
semiconductor. Nevertheless, because of the drawbacks of NiO, much effort has been made …

Electrochemical and photoelectrochemical properties of screen-printed nickel oxide thin films obtained from precursor pastes with different compositions

M Bonomo, G Naponiello, I Venditti… - Journal of The …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
In this work we present the electrochemical and photoelectrochemical characterization of
NiO thin films [thickness (l) range: 2≤ l≤ 4 μm], which have been obtained from screen …

Beneficial Effect of Electron-Withdrawing Groups on the Sensitizing Action of Squaraines for p-Type Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

M Bonomo, N Barbero, F Matteocci… - The Journal of …, 2016 - ACS Publications
The three squaraines (SQs) here indicated as VG1-C8, VG10-C8, and VG11-C8 (Figure)
have been synthesized and employed as dye sensitizers of p-type dye-sensitized solar cells …

Adsorption Behavior of I3 and I Ions at a Nanoporous NiO/Acetonitrile Interface Studied by X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy

M Bonomo, D Dini, AG Marrani - Langmuir, 2016 - ACS Publications
The adsorption of I–and I3–anions, ie, the two species constituting the most common redox
couple of dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs), onto the surface of screen-printed nanoporous …

Synthesis and characterization of NiO and Ni nanoparticles using nanocrystalline cellulose (NCC) as a template

YT Foo, JEM Chan, GC Ngoh, AZ Abdullah… - Ceramics …, 2017 - Elsevier
In this study, nanosized nickel oxide (NiO) and nickel (Ni) powders were synthesised via
glycine-nitrate (GN) combustion process, assisted by nanocrystalline cellulose (NCC) as a …

KuQuinones as sensitizers for NiO based p-type dye-sensitized solar cells

M Bonomo, F Sabuzi, A Di Carlo, V Conte… - New Journal of …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
A new series of KuQuinones (KuQs) have been synthesized and employed as dye-
sensitizers for NiO-based p-type dye-sensitized solar cells (p-DSSCs). KuQs are pentacyclic …

Evaluation of the microstructure, mechanical and tribological properties of nickel-diamond nanocomposite coatings

EJ Ekoi, DP Dowling - Diamond and Related Materials, 2019 - Elsevier
This study investigates the feasibility of a two-step process for the deposition of wear
resistant, nickel-diamond nanocomposite coatings onto steel substrates. The steps involve …