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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Earth Abundant Materials"”.
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Investigation of CZTSe Solar Cell with ZnS, ZnSe and In2S3 as Buffer Layers
… The use of CZTSe which is mainly made of earth abundant materials, as absorber layer is investigated. Possible replacement materials of predominantly used buffer layer CdS such as ZnS, ZnSe and In2S3 are investigated.
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Liquid metal batteries : ambipolar electrolysis and alkaline earth electroalloying cells
… to achieve a sufficient cell voltage, utilize earth abundant materials, and meet the demanding cost and cycle-life requirements for use in grid-scale energy storage applications.
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Technology Roadmapping for Energy Storage using ZEBRA Batteries
… because it is a rechargeable battery built with Earth-abundant materials, primarily nickel and conventional table salt. Also, it has many advantages compared to Lithium-Ion Batteries, such as lower degradation rates, higher safety performance, wider temperature range of operation, and less …
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Sustainable photocatalysis using carbon-based materials through interfacial and solvent engineering
… economy. Among the wide range of semiconducting materials investigated, carbon-based nanomaterials have been considered as promising candidates due to their non-toxicity, scalability, cost-effectiveness, and distinctive optical and physicochemical properties. Nevertheless, despite considerable …
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Electrochemical and Photocatalytic Flow Strategies for Sustainable Substrate Oxidation
… have not been fully explored for this class of materials. In the first part of this thesis, different design strategies are proposed and assembled, in order to carry out CNx-based photocatalysis under continuous flow. An investigation into the aerobic oxidation of a variety of organic substrates …
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Nanoscale heterojunctions of transition metal oxide and silicon for high-efficiency oxygen evolution reaction
… in two ways: (i) searching for the best materials with the highest efficiency and (ii) devising schemes that can yield a higher efficiency, given materials. Considering that the efficiency improvement with inexpensive materials would be ultimately beneficial for future global energy …
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Activity and Stability Design Principles of Transition Metal Compounds for Decarbonization
… water splitting devices) enabled by low-cost, earth-abundant materials. One of the most promising sustainable technologies is transforming earth-abundant molecules and compounds into value-added fuels, chemicals, and materials with electricity converted from solar and wind energy using …
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Optical Investigations of Cd Free Cu<sub>2</sub>ZnSnS<sub>4</sub> Solar Cells
We conducted optical simulations with the goal of determining the optimal design of the Cu<sub>2</sub>ZnSnS<sub>4</sub> (CZTS) solar cells with In<sub>2</sub>S<sub>3</sub>, ZnS and ZnSe as buffer layers. The model is parameterized with the complex index of refraction of each layer in the stack. …