Herein, we report a facile synthesis, characterization and dye sensitized solar cell (DSSC) application of flower-shaped ZnO nanostructures. The flower-shaped ZnO nanostructures were synthesized by low-temperature hydrothermal process and characterized in detail by several techniques. The detailed morphological studies confirmed that the flower-shaped structures are formed by the accumulation o...

An efficient dye sensitized solar cell (DSSC) is one possible solution to meet the world's rapidly increasing energy demands and associated climate challenges. This requires inexpensive and stable dyes with well-positioned frontier energy levels for maximal solar absorption, efficient charge separation, and high output voltage. Here we demonstrate an extensive computational screening of zinc po...

In this work, we report a direct synthesis of vertically aligned ZnO nanowires on fluorine-doped tin oxide-coated substrates using the chemical vapor deposition (CVD) method. ZnO nanowires with a length of more than 30 μm were synthesized, and dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) based on the as-grown nanowires were fabricated, which showed improvement of the device performance compared to those ...

Three different carbon-based counter electrodes are investigated in light of catalytic activities such as electrochemical frequencies and interface impedances. We fabricated carbon-based counter electrodes of dye-sensitized solar cells [DSSCs] using graphene, single-walled carbon nanotubes [SWNTs], and graphene-SWNT composites by electrophoretic deposition method. We observed the optical and el...

Dye sensitized solar cells (DSSC) is one of the promising candidates which are efficient, low-cost, and clean hybrid molecular cell devices. Zinc oxide (ZnO) has been widely used as phoanode in DSSC due to its excellent charge conduction mechanism, yet still suffers from poor efficiency. In this study, aluminium doped ZnO (ZnO:Al) Ni (ZnO:Ni) were studied photoanode material using capacitance s...

Abstract Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells (DSSC), a 3rd generation solar cell has gained huge attention in the field of photovoltaics as substitute for silicon cell. The performance DSSC mainly depends on all important components such transparent conductive oxide substrate, cathode, photo-anode, dye, and electrolyte. Additionally, sensitizing dyes also perform vital role absorption light conversion e...

Abstract Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSC) have recently gained significant attention in a number of markets and are recognized as better option for energy generation than conventional ones, providing clean, sustainable, renewable green energy. Several studies focused on photoanode optimization using machine learning. Photoanode produces performance results the form Voc Isc, which then used mod...

Abstract Lightweight computing technologies such as the Internet of Things and flexible wearable systems have penetrated our everyday lives exponentially in recent years. Without a question, running electronic devices is major energy problem. Generally, these need power within range microwatts operate mostly indoors. Thus, it appropriate to self-sustainable source, photovoltaic (PV) cell, which...