LAPSE:2023.27828
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LAPSE:2023.27828
Conventional or Microwave Sintering: A Comprehensive Investigation to Achieve Efficient Clean Energy Harvesting
April 11, 2023
Layers of titania are the critical components in sensitized photovoltaics. The transfer of electrons occurs from the dye molecule to the external circuit through a transparent conducting oxide, namely fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO). Porosity, interparticle connectivity, and the titania films’ defects play a vital role in assessing the dye-sensitized solar cells’ (DSSCs) performance. The conventional methods typically take several hours to fabricate these layers. This is a significant impediment for the large-scale manufacture of DSSCs. This step can be reduced to a few hours by a microwave sintering process and may facilitate the rapid fabrication of the critical layers for sensitized photovoltaics, thus, boosting the prospects for the commercialization of these devices. In the present study, we aimed to perform different heat treatments (conventional and microwave) on the titania films with different temperatures to understand the phase formation, transmittance, and porosity without losing the titania’s interparticle connectivity. The solar cell performance of microwave-sintered titania films is comparatively higher than that of conventionally sintered titania films.
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commercialization, dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs), Energy Conversion, microwave sintering, photoanode
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Nemala SS, Ravulapalli S, Mallick S, Bhargava P, Bohm S, Bhushan M, Thakur AK, Mohapatra D. Conventional or Microwave Sintering: A Comprehensive Investigation to Achieve Efficient Clean Energy Harvesting. (2023). LAPSE:2023.27828
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Nemala SS: Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai 400076, India; Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar, Palaj, Gandhinagar 382355, India [ORCID]
Ravulapalli S: Accurate Labs, K.V.S.R. Siddhartha College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh 520010, India
Mallick S: Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai 400076, India
Bhargava P: Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai 400076, India
Bohm S: Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai 400076, India; Molecular Science Research Hub, Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London, White City Campus, 70 Wood Lane, London W12 0BZ, [ORCID]
Bhushan M: Department of Nanotechnology, North Eastern Hill University, Shillong 793022, India
Thakur AK: Department of Advanced Components and Material Engineering, Sunchon National University, Chonnam 57922, Korea [ORCID]
Mohapatra D: Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai 400076, India; School of Chemical Engineering, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan, Gyeongbuk 38541, Korea [ORCID]
Ravulapalli S: Accurate Labs, K.V.S.R. Siddhartha College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh 520010, India
Mallick S: Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai 400076, India
Bhargava P: Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai 400076, India
Bohm S: Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai 400076, India; Molecular Science Research Hub, Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London, White City Campus, 70 Wood Lane, London W12 0BZ, [ORCID]
Bhushan M: Department of Nanotechnology, North Eastern Hill University, Shillong 793022, India
Thakur AK: Department of Advanced Components and Material Engineering, Sunchon National University, Chonnam 57922, Korea [ORCID]
Mohapatra D: Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai 400076, India; School of Chemical Engineering, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan, Gyeongbuk 38541, Korea [ORCID]
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Energies
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13
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23
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E6208
Year
2020
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2020-11-25
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1996-1073
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