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  1. Integrated Tandem Dye Sensitized Solar Cell (DSSC)-Lithium Ion Battery

    Varnekar, Geetha2016

    … variability using dye sensitized solar cell (DSSC) in a tandem structure with thin film based lithium-ion battery. As lithium based batteries have been addressed as efficient charge storage system due to its high energy storage density and extended lifecycle performance. The integrated …

    sdstate Repository record

  2. Fabrication and characterization of nanostructured fluorine doped tin oxide thin film for dssc by hydrothermal method

    Mohd Napi, Muhammad LuqmanUniversiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia2017

    … of 0.012 Ohm/sq with high transparency. The DSSC fabricated using the optimized FTO film gave higher efficiency of 2.77% compared to commercial FTO of 1.93%.

    uthm Repository record

  3. Photoanode and counter electrode modification for more efficient dye sensitized solar cells

    Zheng, YichenKansas State University2014

    … broad applications. Dye sensitized solar cell (DSSC) is a promising low-cost alternative to the Si solar cell, but its efficiency is much lower. Improvements in materials and interfaces are needed to increase the DSSC efficiency while maintain the low cost. In this thesis, three projects were …

    ksu Repository record

  4. Development Of Ionic Liquid Swelled Poly-Electrolyte Membranes For Use In Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

    Schmid, Eric D.

    … iodide and used in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSC). It was hypothesized that the swelled polyelectrolyte would combine the excellent performance of low viscosity electrolyte solvents with the high stability of low vapor pressure solid-state electrolytes, leading to a high performance and an …

    nodak Repository record

  5. The synthesis, characterization, and application of carborane-cluster based macrocycles and boron nitride nanosheets in photovoltaics

    Petrelli, Christopher Robert

    <p>Chapter 1: Dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) efficiencies have not significantly improved in recent years, primarily because of their single band gap design, limitations in dye absorption energies, and the Shockley-Queisser (SQ) limit. DSSCs require incident photon energy in the visible spectrum …

    syracuse-diss Repository record

  6. Photo-electrical conversion efficiency of dye sensitized solar cells prepared from Mopane leaf chlorophyll extract

    Kaffer, Rocha TephenUniversity of Namibia2020

    … and solar thermal. Dye Sensitized Solar Cell (DSSC) which is presented here is a thin film cell. Manufacturing of DSSCs is simple, mostly low cost, and incorporate environmentally friendly materials. They have a good efficiency (about 10-14 %) even under low flux of sunlight. However, a major …

    namibia Repository record

  7. Structural Characterization of the Interfacial Structure of the Working Electrode in Dye-sensitized Solar Cells Using X-ray and Neutron Techniques

    Deng, KeUniversity of Cambridge2020

    … and low cost of dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) renders this technology promising for the development of electricity-generating windows in future energy-sustainable buildings. Typically, DSSCs contain a working electrode (photoanode) that consists of a dye adsorbed onto the surface of a …

    cambridge Repository record

  8. The applications for 3d inverse opal microstructures

    Kim, Tae WanUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign2011

    … useful in designing a dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC). The first chapter will demonstrate the properties of these colloidal particles and explain the fabrication process of 2-D and3-D colloidal microstructures. The second and third chapter will focus on the MEMS devices and a DSSC in order to …

    uiuc Repository record

  9. Rhenium(II) Complexes as Potential materials for Dye Sensitized Solar Cells

    Cussianovich, Ivan MartinThe Ohio State University2013

    … proved to improve the overall efficiency of a DSSC. The compounds [Re(dppe)<sub>2</sub>Cl<sub>2</sub>]Cl and [Re(dppe)<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub>]ClO<sub>4</sub>, where dppe is 1,2-bis(diphenylphosphino)ethane, were synthesized as potential materials for the photo cathode in a dye sensitized …

    ohiolink Repository record

  10. Synthesis and characterization of nanostructured catalysts for photovoltaic applications

    McGillivray, DonaldUniversity of Ontario Institute of Technology2013

    … potential in a dye sensitized solar cell (DSSC). Particular attention was given to develop synthetic methods to produce metal oxide photocatalysts with similar crystallite size, with different morphologies (spheres, fibers, hierarchical spheres, and globular structures) with the aim of …

    uoit Repository record

  11. A Study on the Use of Inverse Opals Composed of Zinc Oxide Aggregate Popcorn Particles to Improve the Efficiency of Dye- Sensitized Solar Cells

    Chang, Roger

    … electrode of a dye--‐sensitized solar cell (DSSC) are explored in order to enhance efficiency. Certain compositional and structural changes to the architecture of the electrode are examined. First, the ZnO nanoparticles that are commonly utilized in DSSCs are replaced with ZnO nanoparticle …

    cuny Repository record

  12. Synthesis of hybrid metalorganic/inorganic systems and doped halide thin films for photovoltaics

    PELLEGRINO, ANNA LUCIAUniversità degli studi di Catania2018

    … and organic dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSC) is subject of interest in the last years. Hybrid metalorganic/inorganic systems of Eu-complex/NiO films have been developed for the DSSC technology and for the potential improvement of the PV material with new functionalities, that combine the …

    catania Repository record

  13. Establishing nanoscopic structure-function relationships in the working electrodes of dye-sensitized solar cells

    Chen, HaoUniversity of Cambridge2019

    … as solar-powered windows. The performance of a DSSC is particularly susceptible to the dye sensitizer, which is adsorbed onto the surface of a wide-band-gap semiconductor such as TiO2, to form the working electrode. The nature by which such surfaces are sensitized stands to influence the …

    cambridge Repository record

  14. NONLINEAR AND ULTRAFAST OPTICAL STUDIES OF INTERFACIAL PROCESSES IN PHOTOVOLTAIC NANOMATERIALS

    FANG, HUITemple University. Libraries2020

    … For example, dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSC) exhibit high conversion efficiency when acetonitrile is used to prepare both the working electrode and the electrolyte. However, the mechanism explaining exactly how solvent influences device performance has not yet been systematically …

    temple Repository record

  15. Integration of liquid crystals with redox electrolytes in dye-sensitised solar cells

    Bin Kamarudin, Muhammad AkmalUniversity of Cambridge2018

    … application in dye-sensitised solar cells (DSSCs). The birefringence of LCs causes light modulation, which can be controlled by an applied voltage and electric field. In particular, the LCs are used as one of the components for the electrolyte redox couple which is responsible for charge …

    cambridge Repository record

  16. Investigation of layer-by-layer assembly and M13 bacteriophage nanowires for dye-sensitized solar cells

    Ladewski, Rebecca L. (Rebecca Lynn)Massachusetts Institute of Technology2012

    … photoanode of dye sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) with a novel nanowire architecture to enhance electron transport. The biotemplated nanowires are shown to significantly increase device electron diffusion length and increase device efficiency as compared to LbL-templated titania photoanodes …

    mit Repository record

  17. Transparent Platinum Counter Electrode for Building Integrated Dye-sensitized Solar Cells

    Iefanova, Anastasiia2017

    … surface area for the nanoporous Pt nanoclusters. DSSCs with Pt-NP counter electrode had 6.17% power conversion efficiency, comparable to the 6.46% efficiency of the corresponding reference opaque DSSC with sputtered Pt counter electrode.</p>

    sdstate Repository record

  18. Development and characterization of solar energy conversion devices based on nanocomposite semiconductors

    Συγκρίδου, Δήμητρα2018

    … cells, namely in dye−sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) and perovskite solar cells (PSCs). The innovation of this study is detected on the use of novel materials by well−known methods in order to intervene in the structural and morphological properties of the photoelectrode, the investigation of …

    patras-thes Repository record

  19. Empirically detecting colour: can we use solar cells as colour sensors?

    Majluf Suárez, SergioUniversity of Ontario Institute of Technology2021

    … of multiple solar cells. The Micromorph and DSSC combination had a lower Delta E average value in comparison to all single solar cells tested. At a light bandwidth of 60 nm, a Delta E value of less than 10 was achieved.

    uoit Repository record

  20. Fabricataion of Dye Sensitized Solar Cells With Enhanced Energy Conversion Efficiency

    ZHANG WEI2011

    Dye sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) represent a cheap and clean technology that harnesses solar energy efficiently and have been intensively studied. How to further decrease the production cost meanwhile enhance device performance becomes the bottleneck for DSSC commercialization. The thesis focuses …

    nus Repository record

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