Recent improvements in dye sensitized solar cells: A review

V Sugathan, E John, K Sudhakar - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract Dye Sensitized Solar Cell (DSSC) is considered to be one of the most promising
technological developments in the field of Solar Cells. It is basically a cell that imitates the …

Mn-doped quantum dot sensitized solar cells: a strategy to boost efficiency over 5%

PK Santra, PV Kamat - Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2012 - ACS Publications
To make Quantum Dot Sensitized Solar Cells (QDSC) competitive, it is necessary to achieve
power conversion efficiencies comparable to other emerging solar cell technologies. By …

Cu2S Reduced Graphene Oxide Composite for High-Efficiency Quantum Dot Solar Cells. Overcoming the Redox Limitations of S2/Sn2– at the Counter …

EJ Radich, R Dwyer, PV Kamat - The Journal of Physical …, 2011 - ACS Publications
Polysulfide electrolyte that is employed as a redox electrolyte in quantum dot sensitized
solar cells provides stability to the cadmium chalcogenide photoanode but introduces …

Tuning photocurrent response through size control of CdTe quantum dots sensitized solar cells

A Badawi, N Al-Hosiny, S Abdallah, S Negm, H Talaat - Solar energy, 2013 - Elsevier
The photovoltaic performance of CdTe quantum dots (QDs) sensitized solar cells (QDSSCs)
as a function of tuning the band gap of CdTe QDs size is studied. The tuning of band gap …

Halogen bonding—a key step in charge recombination of the dye-sensitized solar cell

M Tuikka, P Hirva, K Rissanen… - Chemical …, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
The halogen bonding between [Ru (dcbpy) 2 (SCN) 2] dye and I2 molecule has been
studied. The ruthenium complex forms a stable [Ru (dcbpy) 2 (SCN) 2]⋯ I2· 4 (CH3OH) …

An outlook on zero-dimensional nanocarbons as components of DSSC

AA Rao, AP Joseph, M Balachandran - Biomass Conversion and …, 2024 - Springer
Solar energy is an abundant source of energy, and harnessing the sun's radiation with an
efficient solar cell can be a promising technology for a limitless supply of sustainable energy …

Dysprosium do** in CdTe@ CdS type II core/shell and cosensitizing with CdSe for photocurrent and efficiency enhancement in quantum dot sensitized solar cells

AR Amani-Ghadim, M Mousavi, F Bayat - Journal of Power Sources, 2022 - Elsevier
Quantum dot sensitized solar cells (QDSSCs) based on the II-VI QDs have become a
promising and attractive technology due to their unique properties. However, the …

A novel method for the preparation of a photocorrosion stable core/shell CdTe/CdS quantum dot TiO 2 nanotube array photoelectrode demonstrating an AM 1.5 G …

P Sheng, W Li, J Cai, X Wang, X Tong, Q Cai… - Journal of Materials …, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Type-II core/shell CdTe/CdS quantum dots (QDs) are assembled onto TiO2 nanotube array
(NTA) films using a bi-functional linker molecule with the help of a hydrothermal method …

Improved conversion efficiency of CdS quantum dot-sensitized TiO 2 nanotube-arrays using CuInS 2 as a co-sensitizer and an energy barrier layer

C Chen, G Ali, SH Yoo, JM Kum, SO Cho - Journal of Materials …, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
A thin layer of CuInS2 and CdS quantum dots (QDs) is deposited on TiO2 nanotube arrays
(TNTs) to form CdS/CuInS2/TNTs photoelectrodes. The CuInS2 layer is prepared by a …

A strategy to achieve superior photocurrent by Cu-doped quantum dot sensitized solar cells

Z Huang, X Zou, H Zhou - Materials Letters, 2013 - Elsevier
We employed successive ionic layer adsorption and reaction method to dope PbS by Cu2+
for fabricating quantum dot sensitized solar cells with a photoanode of the TiO2 mesoporous …