The researcher's guide to solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells

I Benesperi, H Michaels, M Freitag - Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
In order to sustainably support its ever-increasing energy demand, the human society will
have to harvest renewable energy wherever and whenever possible. When converting light …

Synthesis of reduced graphene oxide/ZnO nanocomposites using grape fruit extract and Eichhornia crassipes leaf extract and a comparative study of their …

S Ramanathan, SP Selvin, A Obadiah… - … of Environmental Health …, 2019 - Springer
In the present work, we report the comparative study of photocatalytic degradation of
Rhodamine B (RhB) dye in aqueous solution by using ZnO-graphene nanaocomposites …

Novel highly active Pt/graphene catalyst for cathodes of Cu (II/I)-mediated dye-sensitized solar cells

L Kavan, H Krysova, P Janda, H Tarabkova, Y Saygili… - Electrochimica …, 2017 - Elsevier
Novel highly active, optically-transparent electrode catalyst containing Pt, PtO x, graphene
oxide and stacked graphene platelet nanofibers is developed for a cathode of Cu (II/I) …

Microwave-assisted exfoliation method to develop platinum-decorated graphene nanosheets as a low cost counter electrode for dye-sensitized solar cells

K Saranya, N Sivasankar, A Subramania - RSC advances, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Graphene nanosheets (GNs) are prepared from natural graphite by a simple ecofriendly
microwave-assisted exfoliation technique. The as prepared GNs are decorated with …

Mechanical behavior of Pt-graphene porous biocompatible nanocomposites prepared by powder metallurgy using molecular dynamics simulation

Y Zhang, M Hooman, I Patra, TCA Kumar… - Journal of Molecular …, 2022 - Elsevier
In the present study, the mechanical behavior of Pt-graphene nanocomposites has been
investigated using molecular dynamics simulation (MDS). Preparation of Pt-graphene …

Effect of carbonaceous counter electrodes on the performance of ZnO-graphene nanocomposites based dye sensitized solar cells

B Siwach, D Mohan, KK Singh, A Kumar, M Barala - Ceramics International, 2018 - Elsevier
With many advantages like low-cost preparation, excellent electrical properties, and high
catalytic activity; carbon allotropes are the most expected carbon materials to substitute the …

To investigate opulence of graphene in ZnO/graphene nanocomposites based dye sensitized solar cells

B Siwach, D Mohan, D Jyoti - Journal of Materials Science: Materials in …, 2017 - Springer
The study reports the application of ZnO–graphene (ZGR) nanocomposite films for Dye-
sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) as photoanodes. These nanocomposites were prepared by …

[PDF][PDF] Silver Nanoparticles as Nano Antenna for TiO2 Activation and its Application in DSSC for Enhanced Performance

D Eli, GJ Ibeh, OO Ige, JA Owolabi… - … Memoir-Journal of …, 2019 - researchgate.net
The plasmonic effects of silver nanoparticles with poly (4-vinylpyridine) as passivation
nanostructure for simultaneous photon energy and electron management were investigated …

A two-step reduction method for synthesizing graphene nanocomposites with a low loading of well-dispersed platinum nanoparticles for use as counter electrodes in …

L Wan, Q Zhang, S Wang, X Wang, Z Guo… - Journal of Materials …, 2015 - Springer
Low Pt-loaded graphene nanocomposites were prepared using a two-step reduction
process. Graphene dispersion was first prepared from graphene oxide using hydrazine …

Investigating the role of graphene in the photovoltaic performance improvement of dye-sensitized solar cell

B Tripathi, P Yadav, K Pandey, P Kanade… - Materials Science and …, 2014 - Elsevier
This article compares and describes the photovoltaic performance of dye-sensitized solar
cell (DSSC) consisting of platinum (Pt) and graphene-coupled-platinum based counter …