Hierarchical nanostructures of metal oxides for enhancing charge separation and transport in photoelectrochemical solar energy conversion systems

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 96-108 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haining Chen ◽  
Shihe Yang

Photoelectrochemical solar energy conversion systems, including photoelectrochemical water splitting and photoelectrochemical solar cells (dye-sensitized solar cells, DSSCs), are under intensive development aiming at efficiently harvesting and utilizing solar energy.

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (10) ◽  
pp. 2117-2124 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahalingam Ravivarma ◽  
Chinnadurai Satheeshkumar ◽  
Shanmugam Ganesan ◽  
Perumal Rajakumar

In DSSCs, the solar energy conversion reaches a maximum of 7.3% while using a phenothiazine dendrimer as an additive.


Author(s):  
Nicholas A. Lee ◽  
Gerald Gilligan ◽  
Ken T. Ngo ◽  
Massimiliano Lambert ◽  
Jonathan Rochford

A series of ruthenium photosensitizers incorporating a β-diketonate non-innocent ligand were synthesized, characterized, and implemented in dye-sensitized solar cells. Electrochemical studies exhibited well behaved reversible oxidations and reductions for all...


2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (9) ◽  
pp. 3238-3244 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haijun Chen ◽  
Tao Liu ◽  
Jing Ren ◽  
Hongcai He ◽  
Yonghai Cao ◽  
...  

3-D carbon nanotube aerogels and their composites with Pt nanoparticles have shown enhanced solar energy conversion compared to regular CNTs.


RSC Advances ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (55) ◽  
pp. 29099-29106 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bing-Xin Lei ◽  
Li-Li Zeng ◽  
Ping Zhang ◽  
Xiao-Feng Zheng ◽  
Yan-Shan Wu ◽  
...  

Hierarchically porous N–F codoped TiO2 hollow spheres were prepared via an in situ bubbling method for solar energy conversion application.


2015 ◽  
Vol 39 (11) ◽  
pp. 8602-8613 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karuppanan Prabakaran ◽  
Smita Mohanty ◽  
Sanjay Kumar Nayak

Exfoliated MMT nanoplatelet incorporated PEO/PVdF–HFP electrolyte and TiO2/ZnO photoanode based DSSCs showed an improved solar energy conversion efficiency of about 3.8%.


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