Aliphatic mixed ligands Sn (II) complexes as photon absorbers in quantum dots sensitized solar cell

MA Agoro, EL Meyer, JZ Mbese, X Fuku… - Journal of Solid State …, 2022 - Elsevier
Dye-sensitized solar cells have attracted a lot of research interest due to the quest for an
alternative energy supply given that it is cost-effective and its materials are easily available …

Carbon black/SnSe composite: a low-cost, high performance counter electrode for dye sensitized solar cells

A Zatirostami - Thin Solid Films, 2021 - Elsevier
Platinum (Pt) has long been used as the most dominant counter electrode (CE) in dye-
sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). Yet, its high price is a challenging factor for realizing the …

Proficient one-step heat-up synthesis of manganese sulfide quantum dots for solar cell applications

MA Agoro, EL Meyer - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
The necessity to develop renewable energy resources that are highly durable and flexible
with superior energy density and capacitance ability has attracted considerable interest in …

Inorganic Pb (II)–P and Pb (II)–S Complexes as Photosensitizers from Primary and Secondary Amines in Dyes-Sensitized Solar Cells

MA Agoro, JZ Mbese, EL Meyer - ACS omega, 2021 - ACS Publications
Pb (II) complexes of bis (N-1, 4-phenyl-N-(4-morpholinedithiocarbamato)) as Pb (II)–S and
bis (N-diisopropyl-N-octyldithiocarbamato) as Pb (II)–P were prepared and characterized by …

Fabrication of heterostructure multilayer devices through the optimization of Bi-metal sulfides for high-performance quantum dot-sensitized solar cells

MA Agoro, EL Meyer, OI Olayiwola - RSC advances, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
In this work, a titanium dioxide and lead sulfide (TiO2/PbS) nano-size heterostructure with tin
sulfide was fabricated and coated via a two-step direct deposition process. Its microstructure …

FeS/FeS2 nanoscale structures synthesized in one step from Fe(ll) dithiocarbamate complexes as a single source precursor

MA Agoro, EL Meyer - Frontiers in Chemistry, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Nanoscale FeS and FeS2 mixed phases were synthesized by one-pot decomposition of (N-
anil-N-piperldtc) Fe1 as FeS# 1),(N-piperldtc) Fe2 as FeS# 2) and (N-anildtc) Fe3 as FeS# …

Colloidal synthesis and characterization of molybdenum chalcogenide quantum dots using a two-source precursor pathway for photovoltaic applications

E Chikukwa, E Meyer, J Mbese, N Zingwe - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
The drawbacks of utilizing nonrenewable energy have quickened innovative work on
practical sustainable power sources (photovoltaics) because of their provision of a better …

Investigating the performance of carbon black/Tin selenide composite as the counter electrode in dye sensitized solar cells

A Zatirostami - Journal of Electronic Materials, 2021 - Springer
The counter electrode (CE) is an essential component of dye sensitized solar cells (DSSC).
Currently, platinum (Pt) is the most widely used CE in DSSCs but it is an expensive material …