Metal oxides nanoparticles via sol–gel method: a review on synthesis, characterization and applications

M Parashar, VK Shukla, R Singh - Journal of Materials Science: Materials …, 2020 - Springer
Metal oxide nanoparticles (MONPs) have enormous applications such as in optical devices,
purification systems, biomedical systems, photocatalysis, photovoltaics etc. In this review, we …

ZnO nanostructured materials for emerging solar cell applications

A Wibowo, MA Marsudi, MI Amal, MB Ananda… - RSC …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Zinc oxide (ZnO) has been considered as one of the potential materials in solar cell
applications, owing to its relatively high conductivity, electron mobility, stability against photo …

Colloidal approaches to zinc oxide nanocrystals

J van Embden, S Gross, KR Kittilstved… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Zinc oxide is an extensively studied semiconductor with a wide band gap in the near-UV. Its
many interesting properties have found use in optics, electronics, catalysis, sensing, as well …

Recent developments of polymer solar cells with photovoltaic performance over 17%

J **, Q Wang, K Ma, W Shen… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
With the emergence of ADA'DA‐type (Y‐series) non‐fullerene acceptors (NFAs), the power
conversion efficiencies (PCEs) of organic photovoltaic devices have been constantly …

An Efficiency of 16.46% and a T80 Lifetime of Over 4000 h for the PM6:Y6 Inverted Organic Solar Cells Enabled by Surface Acid Treatment of the Zinc Oxide Electron …

Y Han, H Dong, W Pan, B Liu, X Chen… - … Applied Materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
For the inverted organic solar cells (OSCs), the interface contacts between the ZnO electron
transporting layer and the organic active layer play an important role in the device …

12.5% flexible nonfullerene solar cells by passivating the chemical interaction between the active layer and polymer interfacial layer

S **ong, L Hu, L Hu, L Sun, F Qin, X Liu… - Advanced …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Nonfullerene (NF) organic solar cells (OSCs) have been attracting significant attention in the
past several years. It is still challenging to achieve high‐performance flexible NF OSCs. NF …

Self-floating hybrid hydrogels assembled with conducting polymer hollow spheres and silica aerogel microparticles for solar steam generation

M Tan, J Wang, W Song, J Fang… - Journal of Materials …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
The design and synthesis of solar steam generation materials have received considerable
attention due to their capacity to produce freshwater from seawater or contaminated water by …

24.20%‐efficiency MA‐free perovskite solar cells enabled by siloxane derivative interface engineering

Y Duan, K He, L Yang, J Xu, W Zhao, Z Liu - Small, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Suppressing defects at the interface between the TiO2 electron transport layer (ETL) and
perovskite film is critical for high efficiency and stable perovskite solar cells (PSCs). Herein …

Zinc oxide nanoparticles as electron transporting interlayer in organic solar cells

C Liu, C **ao, W Li - Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO NPs) are among the well-known electron transporting layers
(ETLs) in flexible electronics, especially in organic solar cells (OSCs). This is due to their …

16.5% efficiency ternary organic photovoltaics with two polymer donors by optimizing molecular arrangement and phase separation

G **e, Z Zhang, Z Su, X Zhang, J Zhang - Nano Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Ternary organic photovoltaics (OPVs) combining two polymer donors (PM6, J71) and one
non-fullerene acceptor Y6 were prepared in conventional configuration. The complementary …