Functionalized metal oxide nanoparticles for efficient dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs): A review

D. Kishore Kumar; Jan Kříž; N. Bennett; Baixin Chen; H. Upadhayaya; Kakarla Raghava Reddy; Veera Sadhu

doi:10.1016/j.mset.2020.03.003

Functionalized metal oxide nanoparticles for efficient dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs): A review

D. Kishore Kumar, Jan Kříž, N. Bennett, Baixin Chen, H. Upadhayaya, Kakarla Raghava Reddy, Veera Sadhu

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Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) are a next-generation photovoltaic energy conversion technology due to their low cost, ability to fabrication on various substrates, structural modifications, excellent transparency, photovoltaic output and its potential applications in wearable devices, energy sustainable buildings, solar-powered windows, etc. DSSC working devices consist of components such as conductive oxide substrates, photoanodes with wide bandgap semiconductors, dye molecules (sensitizers), counter electrodes and redox electrolytes, etc. High-efficiency DSSC devices can be fabricated suitable functionalization of semiconducting metal oxides with quantum dots, organic conjugated polymers, etc. In this review, we discuss different photovoltaic technologies, working principles of DSSCs, fabrication process of devices using various novel inorganic nanostructured materials, influencing parameters on the performance of DSC-device such as photoconversion efficiency (PCE), short circuit current (Jsc), open-circuit voltage (V_oc) and fill factor (FF).

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	472-481
Number of pages	10
Journal	Materials Science for Energy Technologies
Volume	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mset.2020.03.003
State	Published - 1 Jan 2020
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

DSSC-device parameters
Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs)
Photovoltaics
Quantum dots
Semiconducting metal oxides
Sensitizers

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Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Materials Science (miscellaneous)
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