... oriented synthesis of nanowires/nanotubes/nanoparticles Mostly, the formation of CP nano- structures relies on the guidance of templates for example, channels of zeolites [79] or nanoporous membranes ... methodologies of nano- structured conducting polymers and polymer composites and their potential applications in the field of nanosensors/biosensors 1.1 Nano- structured conducting polymers and polymer nanocomposites ... to prepare the nano- structured conducting polymers and polymer nanocomposites The study also demonstrates the role of nano- structured conducting polymers in the emerging field of nanosensors/biosensors...
... Thickness effect of RF sputtered TiO2 passivating layer on the performance of dye-sensitized solarcellsSolar Energy Mater SolarCells 2011, 95:344348 Umar A: Growth of comb-like ZnO nanostructures ... dye-sensitized solarcellsSolar Energy Mater SolarCells 2006, 90:1176-1188 10 Ko KH, Lee YC, Jung YJ: Enhanced efficiency of dye-sensitized TiO2 solarcells (DSSC) by doping of metal ions J ... morphology of prepared titanium dioxide nanofibers by electrospinning J Nanosci Nanotechnol 2010, 10:3402-3405 17 Li D, Xia Y: Fabrication of titania nanofibers by electrospinning Nano Lett 2003,...
... chlorobenzene and different amounts of 1,8-octanedithiol Kim et al Nanoscale Research Letters 2012, 7:56 http://www.nanoscalereslett.com/content/7/1/56 Page of The J-V curves of devices, which are solution-processed ... Photovoltaic response ofsolar cell devices with chlorobenzene and different amounts of 1,8-octanedithiol, Jsc, PCE, Voc, and FF Kim et al Nanoscale Research Letters 2012, 7:56 http://www.nanoscalereslett.com/content/7/1/56 ... Because of this reason, the film with 3.5 vol.% of 1,8-octanedithiol exhibited the best device performances in this work Conclusions The performance characteristics of BHJ polymer solarcells based...
... chlorobenzene and different amounts of 1,8-octanedithiol Kim et al Nanoscale Research Letters 2012, 7:56 http://www.nanoscalereslett.com/content/7/1/56 Page of The J-V curves of devices, which are solution-processed ... Photovoltaic response ofsolar cell devices with chlorobenzene and different amounts of 1,8-octanedithiol, Jsc, PCE, Voc, and FF Kim et al Nanoscale Research Letters 2012, 7:56 http://www.nanoscalereslett.com/content/7/1/56 ... Because of this reason, the film with 3.5 vol.% of 1,8-octanedithiol exhibited the best device performances in this work Conclusions The performance characteristics of BHJ polymer solarcells based...
... shows the SEM images of nanostructured fly ash after different times of ball milling Figure (C and D) corresponds to the photomicrographs of nano- structured fly ash after 20 h of ball milling The ... size of the single fly ash particle is in the nanometer range after 60 h of ball milling Thus nano- structured materials are expected to be present in the ball milled fly ash Also the surface of the ... texture of the fresh as well as nano- structured fly ash were studied using Secondary Electron Imaging (SEI) mode of Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) Figure 9(A and B) shows the SEM 123 Nanoscale...
... spectroscopy of silicon wafer solarcells 123 Polarization analysis of luminescence for characterization of silicon wafer solarcells 6.1 125 The nature of polarization ... production ofsolarcells This form of characterization has potential to reduce the cost of processing solar cells, and to provide information for an additional control mechanism for optimization of ... multicrystalline silicon wafer solarcells 101 Luminescence spectroscopy for characterization of silicon wafer solarcells 5.1 103 Evaluation of the textured silicon wafer solar cell using luminescence...
... COMSOL Multiphysics; Mathematical Modeling; Design of Experiments List of Tables 1.1 Reactions of popular liquid fuels for the DLFC 1.2 Types of scenarios modeling can aid in ... obtained based on experimental studies of the diÔusion layers of an operating cell One other important aspect of two phase modeling is the determination of the eÔective permeability, e , which ... M inlet methanol concentration 6.4 68 Rate of convergence of analytical solutions as a function of number of eigenvalues (normalized with the solution for 100 eigenvalues)...
... solarcells and CuInSe solar cells, several advantages of DSSCs make them competitive for conventional solarcells Firstly, the fabrication cost is quite low compared to silicon-based solarcells ... photoelectrochemical solarcells Table 2.2 Some representative CP sensitizers Table 3.1 BET results for nanofibers with different TiO grain size Table 3.2 Device characteristics of DSSCs made of TiO nanorods ... oxidation state of the Ppy layer had great effect on J-V characteristics of the device At optimized conditions, the device showed V oc of up to 670 mV and J sc of 82 μA cm-2, yielding η of 0.10% at...
... not enjoyed by other types ofsolarcells 1.2 Dye sensitized solarcells (DSSCs) The dye-sensitized solarcells (DSSCs) is a kind of nanostructured photoelectrochemical device In 1968, the dye was ... recently Third-generation solarcells include bulk heterojunction solar cells, [9, 10] organic solar cells, [11] dye sensitized solar cells[ 12] and quantum dot solar cells. [13, 14] The charge separation ... structure of dye sensitized solarcells Figure 1.4 The principle of operation of dye sensitized solarcells .9 Figure 1.5 The typical structures of solid-state dye sensitized solar cells...
... stability of organic solar cells, further research and development are needed in the theoretical understanding ofdevice physics, the design and synthesis of new materials, the development of new device ... properties can be achieved [90] The characteristics of this type of 'pseudo-bilayer' devices will be investigated with the help ofdevicemodeling in chapter of this thesis Tuning the solution-processing ... structure-property relations of these special `pillar -structured' donor/acceptor solarcells shall be investigated numerically in chapter of the thesis Accurate quanti cation of the nanoscale D/A morphology...
... characteristics of the fabricated SiNWs solar cell under dark and light conditions the thickness of Si base substrate more thinly For improvement of conversion efficiency of the SiNWs solar cells, the ... reduction of the reflectance will be expected from the optimization of the synthesis conditions of SiNWs For analysis of the electrical properties, the I–V curve of the fabricated SiNWs solar cell ... difference of the reflectance might be the effect of synthesis conditions, such as thickness of metal film and SiH4 gas flow The reduction of reflectance is very helpful to improve the solar cell...
... analysis of the interplay of the microscopic parameters allowed to additionally explain the trends of the samples when operated in regions situated outside of the standard model validity 14 Page 14 of ... Nanotechnology, 18 (2007) - 16 Page 16 of 27 [20] E.H Hall, On a new action of the magnet on electrical current American Journal of Mathematics, (1879) 287-292 [21] R.S Popovic, Hall-effect devices: ... Central Institute of Physics, Bucharest, Romania ip t in 1996 He is senior scientist in the Gas Sensor Group of the University of Tübingen, Germany The research fields: thin films solar cells, high...
... particular structure considered FIG – A PROTOTYPE OFSOLAR CAR FIG - SCHEME OF THE SERIES HYBRID SOLAR VEHICLE (SEE NOMENCLATURE) PV EG ICE II STRUCTURE OF THE SOLAR HYBRID VEHICLE As it is known, two ... Nagayoshi H., Kamisako K (1997), Evaluation of an Electric Motor and Gasoline Engine Hybrid Car Using Solar Cells, Solar Energy Material and SolarCells (47), 1997 [10] Seal M.R (1995), Viking ... Study of the Design Variables for a Hybrid Electric Car with Solar Cells, Proc of METIME Conference, June 2-3, 2005, University of Galati, RO [19] Ahman M (2001), Primary Energy Efficiency of Alternative...
... simulation studies of the performance of heterojunction silicon solarcells are very important in order to understand the operation of the solarcells and optimize the design of solar- cell structures ... silicon (c-Si) solarcells and thin-film silicon solarcells Wafer-based c-Si solarcells dominated the PV market in 2008 with an overall share of 87%, and feature a high module efficiency of 12 to ... structure of heterojunction a-Si:H/c-Si solarcells made by Sanyo and b) performance of the solar cell as a function of p-type a-Si:H thickness [18] 2 Heterojunction Silicon Based SolarCells 23...
... computational aspects ofdevicemodeling We thank the financial support from University of Aizu, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Air Force Office of Scientific ResearchJAsian Office of Airspace Research ... Semiconductor Device Scaling 455 That is, the performance of the nanowire, or CNT, device is dominated by parasitic properties, not by any intrinsic properties of the nanowire device Does this mean that nanowire, ... third component of increased complexity on modem chips - circuit cleverness We turn to a consideration of these nanowire devices in Sec 4, where we mention a number of nanowire devices that have...
... efficacy of the method Since the net “healing” capacity of BMSCs is difficult to determine, imaging of transplanted stem cells is crucial in order to investigate the attitude of the engrafted stem cells ... support (Figure 1) A stem cells injectate including a mixed population of endothelial progenitor cells (CD133 + ), haematopoietic stem cells (CD34 + ), and Figure A full range of cardiac support technology ... number of functionally competent cells [17] Therefore, formation of myocytes and coronary vasculature cannot counteract the chronic loss of functional cells and Page of vascular structures [5] This...
... characteristics of IOSCs with different Al concentrations (d) The J-V characteristics of devices based on ZnO/P3HT hybrid solarcells Fan et al Nanoscale Research Letters 2011, 6:546 http://www.nanoscalereslett.com/content/6/1/546 ... effects of the electrical property and morphology characteristics of flake-like AZO nanostructures on the performance of the IOSC devices were investigated It is found that the PCE of the IOSC devices ... The influence of interface modifier on the performance of nanostructured ZnO/polymer hybrid solarcells Appl Phys Lett 2009, 94:063308 Wu SJ, Tai QD, Yan F: Hybrid Photovoltaic Devices Based...
... carbon nanotube thin films for efficient counter electrode of dye-sensitized solarcells ACS Nano 2010, 4:3503-3509 Ramasamy E, Lee WJ, Lee DY, Song JS: Spray coated multi-wall carbon nanotube ... with the objective of evaluating the electrochemical properties of the counter electrodes and the energy conversion efficiencies ofcells Figure shows the Bode phase plots of the DSSCs with graphenes, ... reduction in dyesensitized solarcells Electrochem Commun 2008, 10:1087-1089 Koo B-K, Lee D-Y, Kim H-J, Lee W-J, Song J-S, Kim H-J: Seasoning effect of dye-sensitized solarcells with different counter...
... level of Ag S is lower than that of TiO2 as shown in Figure 6a[40], but the CB level of CdS is higher than that of TiO2 Therefore, the electron transfer is more efficient in CdS/TNT solarcells ... Bisquert J: Properties of the electronic density of states in TiO2 nanoparticles Chen et al Nanoscale Research Letters 2011, 6:462 http://www.nanoscalereslett.com/content/6/1/462 Page of surrounded with ... deposited in large numbers on the Page of inner surface of TNTs due to the limited space in TNTs, while the number of Ag2S QDs deposited on the surface of nanocrystalline TiO2 film is almost not...