Interfacial engineering in functional materials for dye-sensitized solar cells

"Solar energy has paved the way as an alternative to fossil fuels for present and future energy demands. Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSC) are one of the most promising techniques to harvest solar energy and convert it into electrical energy because of their ease of production, low cost, flexib...

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Other Authors Pandikumar, Alagarsamy (Editor), Jothivenkatachalam, Kandasamy, 1973- (Editor), Bhojanaa, Karuppanapillai B., 1995- (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Hoboken, NJ, USA : Wiley, 2020.
EditionFirst edition.
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Online AccessFull text
ISBN1119557380
9781119557401
1119557402
9781119557388
9781119557395
1119557399
9781119557333
1523133031
9781523133031
Physical Description1 online resource (xvi, 270 pages)

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Table of Contents:
  • Dye-senitized solar cells : history, components, configuration and working principle
  • Function of photoanode : charge transfer dynamics, challenges and alternative strategies
  • Nanoarchitectures as photoanodes
  • Light scattering materials as photoanode
  • Function of compact (blocking) layer in photoanode
  • Function of TiCl4 post-treatment in photoanode
  • Doped semiconductor as photoanode
  • Binary semiconductor metal oxide as photoanodes
  • Plasmonic nanocomposite as photoanode
  • Carbon nanotubes-based nanocomposite as photoanode
  • Graphene based nanocomposite as photoanode
  • Graphitic carbon nitride based nanocomposites as photoanodes.