Recent advances in eco-friendly and cost-effective materials towards sustainable dye-sensitized solar cells

N Mariotti, M Bonomo, L Fagiolari, N Barbero… - Green chemistry, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs), as emerging photovoltaic technology, have been
thoroughly and extensively investigated in the last three decades. Since their first …

Preparation and application of hierarchical porous carbon materials from waste and biomass: A review

XL Zhou, H Zhang, LM Shao, F Lü, PJ He - Waste and Biomass …, 2021 - Springer
Hierarchical porous carbon (HPC) materials contain organized pores having different scales
of diameters. These materials exhibit surprisingly high performance in various applications …

Thermochemical upcycling of food waste into engineered biochar for energy and environmental applications: A critical review

X Yuan, Y Shen, PA Withana, O Mašek, CSK Lin… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Environmental issues caused by food waste are important concerns for human well-being
and ecosystem health. Valorization of food waste into energy and carbon materials has …

Poly (3, 4‐ethylenedioxythiophene) in dye‐sensitized solar cells: toward solid‐state and platinum‐free photovoltaics

L Fagiolari, E Varaia, N Mariotti… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Dye‐sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) have become a strong reality in the field of hybrid
photovoltaics. Their ability to operate in diffused light conditions and the possibility of …

Catalytically active carbon for oxygen reduction reaction in energy conversion: recent advances and future perspectives

S Liu, A Wang, Y Liu, W Zhou, H Wen… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The shortage and unevenness of fossil energy sources are affecting the development and
progress of human civilization. The technology of efficiently converting material resources …

Sustainable carbonaceous materials derived from biomass as metal‐free electrocatalysts

Z Zhang, S Yang, H Li, Y Zan, X Li, Y Zhu… - Advanced …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Although carbon is the second most abundant element in the biosphere, a large proportion
of the available carbon resources in biomass from agriculture, stock farming, ocean …

Direct microstructure tailoring of hard carbon electrodes for fabrication of dual-carbon potassium-ion hybrid supercapacitors

K Kim, J Park, J Lee, E Lim, J Hwang - Energy & Fuels, 2024 - ACS Publications
The microstructure of hard carbon, including interlayer spacing, the degree of graphitization,
and doped heteroatoms, has a significant impact on the K+ storage capability of hard carbon …

Coffee waste-derived porous carbon based flexible supercapacitors

K Pandey, HK Jeong - Chemical Physics Letters, 2022 - Elsevier
Nitrogen doped porous activated carbon was synthesized from coffee waste for flexible
supercapacitor applications. Nitrogen of 8.0 at% was doped, and specific capacitance of …

Surface/interface engineering of high-efficiency noble metal-free electrocatalysts for energy-related electrochemical reactions

H Zhao, ZY Yuan - Journal of Energy Chemistry, 2021 - Elsevier
To date, much efforts have been devoted to the high-efficiency noble metal-free
electrocatalysts for hydrogen-and oxygen-involving energy conversion reactions, due to …

Recent progress on nanostructured carbon-based counter/back electrodes for high-performance dye-sensitized and perovskite solar cells

M Aftabuzzaman, C Lu, HK Kim - Nanoscale, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) and perovskite solar cells (PSCs) favor minimal
environmental impact and low processing costs, factors that have prompted intensive …