Flexible polymer-based dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) offer promising potential for lightweight, cost-effective and versatile photovoltaic applications. However, the critical challenge in their widespread applicat...
ZnO nanowires(ZnO NWs),ZnO nanoparticles(ZnO NPs)and carbon dots(C-dots)were synthesized by hydrothermal,sol-gel and hydrothermal methods respectively.They were also characterized and applied for dye sensitized solar ...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31890771 and 31901249);the Young Elite Scientists Sponsorship Program by CAST (2019QNRC001);the Hunan Provincial Technical Innovation Platform and Talent Program in Science and Technology (2020RC3041);the Training Program for Excellent Young Innovators of Changsha (kq2106056);the Hunan Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China (2022JJ30079);the Postgraduate Technology Innovation Project of Central South University of Forestry and Technology (2022CX02017)。
Carbon materials are effective substitutes for Pt counter electrodes(CEs) in dye-sensitized solar cells(DSSCs). However, many of these materials, such as carbon nanotubes and graphene, are expensive and require comple...
Financial support for this work by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada(NSERC),Grant No.RGPIN-2020-07016,Canada’s Federal Funding Agency for University-Based Research and Student Training is acknowledged.
A solubility model for Merocyanine-540 dye together with the interface’s electron transfer kinetics of MC-540/TiO2 has been investigated(Merocyanine 540-based dye has been used effectively in dye-sensitized solar cel...