Design and Development of Efficient Electrodes for Rigid and Flexible Solar Cells
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2024
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Photovoltaic technology has been regarded as a renewable power source which converts sunlight directly into electricity with least impact on the environment. Dye sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) is one such 3rd generation photovoltaic technology which drawn a significant attention due to its low manufacturing cost, simple preparation methodology compared to other technologies. It is an electrochemical cell consist of working electrode/photoanode, dye, electrolytes and counter electrodes. The electrodes in DSSCs play a significant role in charge transport and collection during operation. Dye (N719) in DSSCs harvests solar Energy Science and Engineering and transfer electrons to a semiconductor material (TiO2) for the generation of electricity. DSSCs assembled with abundant and cheap materials seems to be a substantial contributor for commercial development in the near future. The thesis focuses on the development of economically competitive rigid and flexible electrodes with the motivation to further enhance Energy Science and Engineering conversion efficiency of DSSCs.
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Supervisor: Chaturvedi, Harsh