Review on nanostructured semiconductors for dye sensitized solar cells

• Published in: Electronic materials letters Vol. 8; no. 3; pp. 231 - 243
• Main Author: Prakash, T.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.06.2012; 대한금속·재료학회
• Subjects: Characterization and Evaluation of Materials; Chemistry and Materials Science; Condensed Matter Physics; Materials Science; Nanotechnology; Nanotechnology and Microengineering; Optical and Electronic Materials; Review Paper; 전자/정보통신공학; hole transporters; dye-sensitized solar cells; nanostructured semiconductors; heterojunctions
• ISSN: 1738-8090; 2093-6788
• DOI: 10.1007/s13391-012-1038-x

Nanostructured semiconductors with different morphologies are used widely in various applications in order to enhance their technological advancements compared with the bulk sample. This flourishing nanoscience field has enabled rapid developments that have created numerous opportunities for scienctific advancements with various devices. Considering large environmental impacts such as global warming, problems of nuclear waste storage and nuclear accidents, there is an urgent need for environmentally sustainable energy technologies such as solar cells and fuel cells. In the present paper, the role of nanostructured semiconductors in dyesensitized solar cells (DSSCs) is reviewed entensively. The review discusses the present developmental prospects of DSSCs and the problems associated with its layer materials and propose a method of overcoming these problems.