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Electrospun Nanofibers Applied to Dye Solar Sensitive Cells: A Review

In recent decades, there has been an increase in the research for the development and improvement of dye sensitized solar cells (DSSCs), owing to their singular advantages such as greater efficiency in energy conversion and overall performance in adverse environmental conditions. Therefore, work is...

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Autores principales: López-Covarrubias, Jesse Gerardo, Soto-Muñoz, Laura, Iglesias, Ana Leticia, Villarreal-Gómez, Luis Jesús
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Publicado: MDPI 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6804129/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31569449
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma12193190
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author López-Covarrubias, Jesse Gerardo
Soto-Muñoz, Laura
Iglesias, Ana Leticia
Villarreal-Gómez, Luis Jesús
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Soto-Muñoz, Laura
Iglesias, Ana Leticia
Villarreal-Gómez, Luis Jesús
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description In recent decades, there has been an increase in the research for the development and improvement of dye sensitized solar cells (DSSCs), owing to their singular advantages such as greater efficiency in energy conversion and overall performance in adverse environmental conditions. Therefore, work is carried out to enhance the energy efficiency of the components of the DSSCs: photoanode, counter-electrode, electrolyte, and dye sensitizer layer. Electrospun nanofibers in particular, have showed to be a novel alternative as components in DSSCs, mainly for energy conversion and as collector materials due in part to their tridimensional structure, high contact surface area and conductivity. Moreover, the incorporation of metallic compounds into nanofibers is advantageously employed in the electrospinning technique, owing to their conductivity and optical properties. Therefore, the present work consists of a detailed recompilation of the use of electrospun nanofibers loaded with metallic compounds and their application in DSSCs. The functionality of the components of DSSCs, parameters and experimental conditions of electrospinning, such as the intrinsic aspects in the polymer solution, are discussed and applied to the photoanode, counter-electrode and electrolyte of the DSSC. Lastly, the use of the electrospinning technique in combination with the use of metallic compounds could provide a great approach for the developing of DSSCs, with superior efficiency, high stability and durability.
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spelling pubmed-68041292019-11-18 Electrospun Nanofibers Applied to Dye Solar Sensitive Cells: A Review López-Covarrubias, Jesse Gerardo Soto-Muñoz, Laura Iglesias, Ana Leticia Villarreal-Gómez, Luis Jesús Materials (Basel) Review In recent decades, there has been an increase in the research for the development and improvement of dye sensitized solar cells (DSSCs), owing to their singular advantages such as greater efficiency in energy conversion and overall performance in adverse environmental conditions. Therefore, work is carried out to enhance the energy efficiency of the components of the DSSCs: photoanode, counter-electrode, electrolyte, and dye sensitizer layer. Electrospun nanofibers in particular, have showed to be a novel alternative as components in DSSCs, mainly for energy conversion and as collector materials due in part to their tridimensional structure, high contact surface area and conductivity. Moreover, the incorporation of metallic compounds into nanofibers is advantageously employed in the electrospinning technique, owing to their conductivity and optical properties. Therefore, the present work consists of a detailed recompilation of the use of electrospun nanofibers loaded with metallic compounds and their application in DSSCs. The functionality of the components of DSSCs, parameters and experimental conditions of electrospinning, such as the intrinsic aspects in the polymer solution, are discussed and applied to the photoanode, counter-electrode and electrolyte of the DSSC. Lastly, the use of the electrospinning technique in combination with the use of metallic compounds could provide a great approach for the developing of DSSCs, with superior efficiency, high stability and durability. MDPI 2019-09-29 /pmc/articles/PMC6804129/ /pubmed/31569449 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma12193190 Text en © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Soto-Muñoz, Laura
Iglesias, Ana Leticia
Villarreal-Gómez, Luis Jesús
Electrospun Nanofibers Applied to Dye Solar Sensitive Cells: A Review
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title_sort electrospun nanofibers applied to dye solar sensitive cells: a review
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6804129/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31569449
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma12193190
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