An investigation of the effects of ZnO inverse opal pore size in the composite of ZnO nanorods/ZnO inverse opal on the performance of quantum dot-sensitized solar …

Z Wang, Y Liu, L Li, S Gao, D Zhu, X Yu, S Cheng… - Dalton …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
A semiconductor oxide composite consisting of ZnO nanorods (NRs) and ZnO inverse opal
(IO) was fabricated and used in the photoanode of quantum dot-sensitized solar cells …

Highly efficient quantum-dot-sensitized solar cells with composite semiconductor of ZnO nanorod and oxide inverse opal in photoanode

Y Liu, Z Wang, L Li, S Gao, D Zheng, X Yu, Q Wu… - Electrochimica …, 2022 - Elsevier
Photoelectric conversion is realized by a series of processes in quantum-dot-sensitized
solar cells (QDSSCs), including light capture, photoelectron generation, and electron …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of transition metals (Sc, Ti, V, Cr and Mn) do** on electronic structure and optical properties of CdS

Z Suo, J Dai, S Gao, H Gao - Results in Physics, 2020 - Elsevier
The influences of transition metals (Sc, Ti, V, Cr and Mn) do** at different distances on the
stability, electronic structure, conductivity and optical properties of CdS are studied by using …

Operating Mechanisms of Mesoscopic Perovskite Solar Cells through Impedance Spectroscopy and JV Modeling

I Zarazua, S Sidhik, T Lopez-Luke… - The journal of …, 2017 - ACS Publications
The performance of perovskite solar cell (PSC) is highly sensitive to deposition conditions,
the substrate, humidity, and the efficiency of solvent extraction. However, the physical …

Overcoming the poor performance of n-CdS/p-SnS solar cells by plasmonic effect of gold and silver nanoparticles

AM El-Mahalawy, FM Amin, AR Wassel… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2022 - Elsevier
It is known that one of the biggest problems in CdS/SnS solar cells is the efficiency
deterioration, which hinders their wider use in application fields. Consequently, in this …

Nanoparticles based surface plasmon enhanced photocatalysis

ME Khan, A Mohammad, MH Cho - Green Photocatalysts, 2020 - Springer
Surface plasmonic resonance (SPR)-centered photocatalysts have helped to improve
photocatalytic effectiveness for energy-and environmental-related applications, such as …

Au ion beam engineered MXene incorporated TiO2 photoanodes for quantum dot sensitized solar cells

I Singh, V Bhullar, D Devi, F Singh, S Chopra… - Materials Science and …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this study, TiO 2 photoanodes are firstly incorporated with MXene at different
concentrations (10 wt%− 40 wt%). Here, annealed MXene partially converts to TiO 2 and …

Enhanced visible light photocatalytic performance of CdS sensitized TiO2 nanorod arrays decorated with Au nanoparticles as electron sinks

X Gao, X Liu, Z Zhu, Y Gao, Q Wang, F Zhu, Z **e - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
In this paper, we propose a nanostructure with Au nanoparticles (NPs), as electron sinks,
located at the most outside layer of CdS sensitized TiO2 nanorod arrays (TiO2 …

Pulsed sonoelectrodeposition of leaf-like Bi2WO6 film with exposed [001] facet as a photocathode with a remarkable high photovoltage in water splitting

M Zargazi, MH Entezari - International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Bi 2 WO 6 is one of the promising triplet bismuth compound that has a layered structure with
a high photocatalytic activity for photo-electrochemical (PEC) water splitting systems. Here …

Enhancement of efficiency in quantum dot sensitized solar cells based on CdS/CdSe/CdSeTe heterostructure by improving the light absorption in the VIS-NIR region

D Esparza, T Lopez-Luke, J Oliva, A Cerdán-Pasarán… - Electrochimica …, 2017 - Elsevier
In this work, we demonstrate an enhancement of photocurrent in QDSSCs based on CdS
(QDs)/CdSe Quantum rods (QRs)/CdSeTe (QDs) heterostructure due to the increased …