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Recent Progress of Carbonaceous Materials in Third Generation Solar Cells: DSSCs

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Handbook of Porous Carbon Materials

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In the world of photovoltaics (PV), carbonaceous materials found to be an emerging candidate for the next generation thin film solar cell devices: organic solar cells (OSCs), perovskite solar cells (PSCs) and dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). With the potential to obtain an extreme low-cost fabrication at higher power conversion efficiency, carbonaceous materials have attracted greater attention since decades ago in the important application in energy conversion systems including solar cells and fuel cells. Moreover, they exhibit higher conductivity, higher specific surface area, high transparency in the entire visible spectrum and high mechanical flexibility. In this chapter, we extant a concise outline on the importance and exciting modifications of carbon (0-dimensional quantum dots to 3-dimensional carbon black) and its derivative materials for the third generation PV cells in an effort to enhance both the device efficiency and its long-term lifetime. Herein, we have also made a brief discussion on the present progress and future challenges of carbonaceous materials in various PV technology including material synthesis, material properties, device structure and device performances that has been established in the recent reported works. To conclude, we summarized the future prospect toward achieving a higher efficient and long-term stable third generation solar cells utilizing the benefits of carbonaceous materials.

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Eswaramoorthy, N., Syamsai, R., Nallusamy, S., Pitchaiya, S., Venkatraman, M.R. (2023). Recent Progress of Carbonaceous Materials in Third Generation Solar Cells: DSSCs. In: Grace, A.N., Sonar, P., Bhardwaj, P., Chakravorty, A. (eds) Handbook of Porous Carbon Materials. Materials Horizons: From Nature to Nanomaterials. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-7188-4_7

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