A review of third generation solar cells

N Shah, AA Shah, PK Leung, S Khan, K Sun, X Zhu… - Processes, 2023 - mdpi.com
Third-generation solar cells are designed to achieve high power-conversion efficiency while
being low-cost to produce. These solar cells have the ability to surpass the Shockley …

Carbon quantum dots for energy applications: a review

AS Rasal, S Yadav, A Yadav, AA Kashale… - ACS Applied Nano …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Carbon quantum dots (CQDs) are a class of carbon nanomaterials that have recently gained
recognition as current entrants to traditional semiconductor quantum dots. CQDs have the …

Improvement strategies for stability and efficiency of perovskite solar cells

H Liu, L Xiang, P Gao, D Wang, J Yang, X Chen, S Li… - Nanomaterials, 2022 - mdpi.com
Recently, perovskites have garnered great attention owing to their outstanding
characteristics, such as tunable bandgap, rapid absorption reaction, low cost and solution …

Carbon-based quantum dots for photovoltaic devices: a review

A Kim, JK Dash, P Kumar, R Patel - ACS Applied Electronic …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Interest in carbon quantum dots (CQDs) has recently boomed due to their potential to
enhance the performance of various solar technologies as nontoxic, naturally abundant, and …

Review of Defect Passivation for NiOx-Based Inverted Perovskite Solar Cells

R Zhu, N Guan, D Wang, Y Bao, Z Wu… - ACS Applied Energy …, 2023 - ACS Publications
In recent years, organic–inorganic hybrid perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have attracted
extensive attention due to their high power conversion efficiency (PCE) and simple …

p‐Type Carbon Dots for Effective Surface Optimization for Near‐Record‐Efficiency CsPbI2Br Solar Cells

X Guo, B Zhao, K Xu, S Yang, Z Liu, Y Han, J Xu, D Xu… - Small, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Interface modification to minimize charge recombination and trapping for efficient charge
transport is crucial for the performance of perovskite solar cells (PSCs). Herein …

Advancements in performance of zinc oxide/carbon quantum dots based photovoltaic trigeneration system using genetic algorithm and particle swarm optimization

S Tyagi, PK Singh, AK Tiwari - Sustainable Energy Technologies and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Correct parametric extraction is vital for efficient photovoltaic cell designing and study of
concerned system attributes, but the considerable nonlinearity of the results from the current …

Comparison of NiO x thin film deposited by spin-coating or thermal evaporation for application as a hole transport layer of perovskite solar cells

SK Kim, HJ Seok, DH Kim, DH Choi, SJ Nam, SC Kim… - RSC …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
We compared nickel oxide (NiOx) deposited by thermal evaporation and that deposited by
the spin-coating process, for use in the hole transport layers of inverted planar perovskite …

Carbon Nanoparticles as Versatile Auxiliary Components of Perovskite‐Based Optoelectronic Devices

AP Litvin, X Zhang, EV Ushakova… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Metal halide perovskite‐based optoelectronics has experienced an unprecedented
development in the last decade, while further improvements of efficiency, stability, and …

Boosted photocatalytic activity of LaFeO3/Ag3PO4 heterojunction via carbon quantum dots: Higher conductivity, stability, and dispersivity

Y Li, L Fan, X Shui, J Fan, X Feng, T Tao - Colloids and Surfaces A …, 2022 - Elsevier
Highlights•CQDs enhanced the PEC performance of LaFeO3/Ag3PO4 composites.•Surface-
functionalized CQDs suppress nano-photocatalyst agglomeration in the catalytic …