Recombination of electrons in TiO2 conduction band has detrimental effects on the performance of dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). Good connection between TiO2 nanoparticles, in meso-porous TiO2 layer, causes a significant reduction in recombination reaction rate. In the present work, Pechini...

Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) which are also called Graetzel cells are a novel type of solar cells. Their advantages are mainly low cost production, low energy payback time, flexibility, performance also at diffuse light and multicolor options. DSSCs become more and more interesting since a...

A rapid and simple route to synthesize highly conductive graphene-based nanosheets for use as a flexible counter electrode in dye-sensitized solar cells is presented. The flexible counter electrode is free of transparent conductive oxide layer, i.e., TCO-free. A clean graphene with high quality...

In the present paper we demonstrate the efficient use of shape controlled flower-like ZnO (Zinc oxide) nanostructured particles as multifunctional electrode for both energy conversion and storage applications, i.e. Dye-sensitized Solar Cells (DSCs) and lithium-ion batteries.

This research review highlights the use of zinc oxide (ZnO) nanostructure as a photoanode in the fabrication of dye-sensitised solar cells (DSSC). ZnO nanostructure thin films offer large surface area, direct electron pathways and effective light scattering centre. The fabrication work can...

Unlike phase diagrams, which reveal only the chemical equilibrium in a system, starting from Ohm’s law, we constructed chemical-photo-electricity diagrams to display the relationship among materials chemistry, processing conditions of working electrodes, and photo-current/voltage of...