Fourth-generation solar cells: a review

F Rehman, IH Syed, S Khanam, S Ijaz, H Mehmood… - Energy …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Solar cells have provided a solution to the prevailing energy crisis and environmental
contamination in the ongoing energy-driven era because of their potential to utilize solar …

Recent applications of carbon nanotubes in organic solar cells

E Muchuweni, ET Mombeshora, BS Martincigh… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
In recent years, carbon-based materials, particularly carbon nanotubes (CNTs), have gained
intensive research attention in the fabrication of organic solar cells (OSCs) due to their …

Recent progress in solar cells based on carbon nanomaterials

MA Deshmukh, SJ Park, BS Hedau, TJ Ha - Solar Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
The enormous demand for energy and the simultaneous exhaustion of fossil fuels have led
to thorough research on energy-related technologies. In this regard, the high-efficiency of …

Graphene/graphene derivatives from coal, biomass, and wastes: Synthesis, energy applications, and perspectives

J Tamuly, D Bhattacharjya, BK Saikia - Energy & Fuels, 2022 - ACS Publications
In the last decade, there has been a phenomenal development in the commercially viable,
large-scale synthesis of graphene, a multifunctional advanced carbon nanomaterial, which …

Recent advances in thermoelectric performance by incorporating graphene-based materials for energy harvesting

E Muchuweni, ET Mombeshora - Renewable Energy Focus, 2023 - Elsevier
Thermoelectric generators (TEGs) have attracted considerable research attention in
addressing the current global energy crisis and environmental concerns associated with …

Graphitic carbon nitride-based new-generation solar cells: Critical challenges, recent breakthroughs and future prospects

E Muchuweni, ET Mombeshora, BS Martincigh… - Solar Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
The unique optoelectronic properties of carbon-based materials have rendered them with
tremendous potential to modify or substitute expensive traditional materials that are primarily …

The evolution of small molecular acceptors for organic solar cells: Advances, challenges and prospects

X Liang, J Wang, R Miao, Q Zhao, L Huang, S Wen… - Dyes and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Organic solar cells (OSCs) have attracted lots of research attention and significant
developments have been achieved in the last decade. Small molecular acceptors (SMAs) …

Recent advancements in applications of graphene to attain next-level solar cells

SS Bagade, S Patel, MM Malik, PK Patel - C, 2023 - mdpi.com
This paper presents an intensive review covering all the versatile applications of graphene
and its derivatives in solar photovoltaic technology. To understand the internal working …

Iron complex/graphene oxide hybrid modification of ZnO surface for achieving stable inverted organic photovoltaics

ZE Shi, KL Teng, BH Jiang, CK Chan, YH Yu… - Applied Surface …, 2024 - Elsevier
We synthesized a four-coordinated semi-cyclic iron complex and composited it with
graphene oxide (GO) to form a hybrid iron complex/GO-based material for organic solar cells …

Solution processable graphene derivative used in a bilayer anode with conductive PEDOT: PSS on the non-fullerene PBDB-T: ITIC based organic solar cells

Y Fernández-Arteaga, JL Maldonado… - Solar Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
In this work, a semi-transparent, low-cost and easy processable graphene derivative and
PH1000 (conductive PEDOT: PSS polymer) based bilayer anode, is presented as a …