TiO2 nanoflower photocatalysts: Synthesis, modifications and applications in wastewater treatment for removal of emerging organic pollutants

A Chakraborty, O Ruzimuradov, RK Gupta, J Cho… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Titanium dioxide (TiO 2) has been considered as one of the most promising photocatalysts
nanomaterials and is being used in a variety of fields of energy and environment under …

Improving photoanodes to obtain highly efficient dye-sensitized solar cells: a brief review

K Fan, J Yu, W Ho - Materials Horizons, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) feature low cost, stability, and environment friendliness
and are thus a promising substitute for traditional silicon solar cells. DSSCs have received …

Nanoarchitectures in dye-sensitized solar cells: metal oxides, oxide perovskites and carbon-based materials

JS Shaikh, NS Shaikh, SS Mali, JV Patil, KK Pawar… - Nanoscale, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) have aroused great interest and been regarded as a
potential renewable energy resource among the third-generation solar cell technologies to …

Controlled Structure and Growth Mechanism behind Hydrothermal Growth of TiO2 Nanorods

A Prathan, J Sanglao, T Wang, C Bhoomanee… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Fabrication of uniform vertically-aligned titanium dioxide nanorods (TiO2 NRs) was achieved
by hydrothermal growth on a fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO) glass substrate. The substrate …

Enhanced photovoltaic performance and stability of dye-sensitized solar cells by utilizing manganese-doped ZnO photoanode with europium compact layer

E Akman - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2020 - Elsevier
Zinc oxide (ZnO)-nanoparticles based photoanodes are one of the most important
photoanodes in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). However, ZnO-based photoanodes …

Impact of tetrabutylammonium, iodide and triiodide ions conductivity in polyacrylonitrile based electrolyte on DSSC performance

FI Chowdhury, MH Buraidah, AK Arof, BE Mellander… - Solar Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Gel polymer electrolytes (GPEs) with polyacrylonitrile (PAN)-based polymer, ethylene
carbonate (EC) and propylene carbonate (PC) plasticizers, and different amounts of …

Electronic and optical properties' tuning of phenoxazine-based D-A2-π-A1 organic dyes for dye-sensitized solar cells. DFT/TDDFT investigations

SO Afolabi, B Semire, MA Idowu - Heliyon, 2021 - cell.com
Modulation of molecular features of metal free organic dyes is important to present
sensitizers with competing electronic and optical properties for dye sensitized solar cells …

Effective transformation of hydrothermally grown TiO2 nanorods to nanotube arrays for improved PEC hydrogen evolution

O Maurya, SR Khaladkar, B Sinha, BM Bhanage… - Electrochimica …, 2023 - Elsevier
Innovative green and renewable energy solutions to achieve carbon neutrality could be
achieved using advanced functional materials. For the commercial realization of PEC water …

Lignite-derived nanocarbon as surface passivator and cosensitizer in dye-sensitized solar cell

AA Rao, S Upadhyay, S Narendhiran, IJ Razack… - Materials Today …, 2024 - Elsevier
Interfacial exciton recombination and narrow absorption region are two bottlenecks that limit
the performance of a dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC). The present study focuses on …

Efficiency enhancement in photoelectrochemical water splitting: Defect passivation and boosted charge transfer kinetics of zinc oxide nanostructures via chalcopyrite …

C Tuc Altaf, N Abdullayeva, O Coskun, A Kumtepe… - Physical Review …, 2021 - APS
ZnO thin films in nanorod (NR) and nanoflower (NF) morphologies were used as
photoelectrode scaffolds for efficient visible-light-driven photoelectrochemical (PEC) water …