A novel structure of dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) with integrated photoanode was first reported in this paper. Titanium threads and titanium sheet were first used in this novel structure in place of traditional glass substrate, thus reducing the series resistance of the substrates. An...

Here we report a 3-dimensional dye-sensitized solar cell (3D-DSSCs) and module simulating the fractal structure of the pine tree for capturing sunlight. Compared to traditional flat solar cells, this type of solar cell exhibits superiority of absorbing sunlight from all directions. The...

Well-aligned hierarchical TiO2 tubular macrochannel arrays (HTTMAs) with high surface area have been synthesized via a facile one-step ammonia hydrothermal synthesis process without using any structure-directing templates. The typical samples are made of an assembly of macrochannels with uniform...

A triazine-based polymer hybrid carbonizing agent containing SiO2 (MCA-K-SiO2) was synthesized and used in combination with aluminum diethyl hypophosphite (AlPi) to improve the flame retardancy of thermoplastic polyester elastomer (TPEE). Using limited oxygen index, vertical combustion test,...

Single-phase photocatalysts exhibit low performance of photocatalytic degradation of pollutants, which is mainly due to the fact that most intrinsic photocatalysts can only produce one active species for degradation reactions. In order to solve this problem, the 0D/2D Cu2O/BiOCl S-scheme...

In the PV system with storage batteries, as a maximum power point tracking (MPPT) device is used to enhance battery charging, the enhancement must be greater than the internal loss of the device itself, or there will be no net gain at all. To evaluate the MPPT device benefits under different...

In this paper, an optimized method on the basis of polynomial fitting and Lambert W function is presented to extract parameters from the current-voltage (I-V) characteristics of commercial silicon solar cells. Since the experimental outcomes have significant impact on the precision of extracted...