The photovoltaic performance of a quantum dot (QD)-sensitized solar cell consisting of CdS/CdSe/ZnS QDs loaded onto the surface of the three-dimensional (3D) flower-like TiO2 structure grown on an array (1D) of TiO2 nanorods (FTiR) is studied. The flower-like structure on the rod-shaped titania was synthesized using a double-step hydrothermal process. The FTiR array exhibited a 3D/1D composite ...

This paper reports a rapid and in-situ electrochemical polymerization method for the fabrication of polypyrrole nanoparticles incorporated reduced graphene oxide (rGO@PPy) nanocomposites on a ITO conducting glass and its application as a counter electrode for platinum-free dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC). The scanning electron microscopic images show the uniform distribution of PPy nanoparticl...

We demonstrate the application of a low-temperature carbon counter electrode with good flexibility and high conductivity in fabricating perovskite solar cells. A modified two-step method was used for the deposition of nanocrystalline CH3NH3PbI3 under high relative humidity. The carbon counter electrode was printed on a perovskite layer directly, with different sizes of graphite powder being emp...

The nanoparticle technologies consisting of multiple layers of mixtures of activated carbon and ruthenium (IV) oxide for super capacitors are reported. The mono-particulate layer process described here is a modified Langmuir-Blodgett trough. We report the processes for a spray-coated zinc nanopowder electrode used as a counter-electrode forming a galvanic cell of extremely high charge storage c...

A low cost, low-temperature processable, highly efficient nickel sulfide counter electrode is demonstrated. Using the tailored, preformed nickel sulfide nanoparticles and electrostatic self-assembly, a novel counter electrode was fabricated that exceeded the efficiency of a conventional Pt-based cell.

1.1 Equivalent circuit of a pixel in LCDs The equivalent circuit of a pixel operated by active matrix driving is shown in Fig. 1. Data lines are connected to a data driver for generating the signal pulses for the picture data. Scan lines are connected to a scan driver for generating the scan pulses which enable the addressing driving. Vsig and Vg are applied to the data lines and scan lines, re...

An indium tin oxide glass electrode coated with poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene), PEDOT, PEDOT-ITOE, was proposed as an electrode workable as both a reference electrode and a counter one, a reference/counter electrode, in an organic phase and applied to a thin-layer cell of a two-electrode system for voltammetry at the liquid | liquid interface. By oxidizing the PEDOT film by 50% and doping a s...

Exploration of new catalytic semiconductors with novel structures as counter electrode materials is a promising approach to improve performances of quantum dot sensitized solar cells (QDSSCs). In this work, nearly mono-disperse tetragonal Cu(2)SnS(3) (CTS) and rhombohedral Cu(1.8)S hierarchical microspheres with nanometer-to-micrometer dimensions have been synthesized respectively via a simple ...

Monolayer of PDDA/graphene/PDDA/H(2)PtCl(6) is fabricated on conductive glass using electrostatic layer-by-layer self-assembly technique, which is then converted to graphene/Pt monolayer for use as counter electrode in dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC). As compared to the sputtered Pt counter electrode, the self-assembled monolayer reduces the Pt amount by about 1000-fold but exhibits comparable...