Fernando, H. A. L.; Raveendran, P.; Christy, Alfred A.; Dhayalan, V.(University of Jaffna, 2019)
Titanium(IV) oxide was embedded into carbon nanotubes through sonication. The water adsorption
properties of the carbon nanotubes, titanium(IV) oxide and the titanium(IV) oxide embedded carbon
nanotubes have been studied ...
Bandara, T.M.W.J.; Senanayake, K. B.; Dissanayake, M.A.K.L.(University of Jaffna, 2019)
Many studies have been conducted to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of solar cells using
low cost materials. This field of research is highly important due to the increasing demand for energy and
environmental ...
Poly (3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) and phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM) bulk
heterojunction solar cells are of immense interest due to their potential towards fabrication of flexible and
low-cost solar cells using ...
Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) are emerging as promising candidates to replace expensive silicon
solar cells because of reasonably high efficiency and lower production cost. Photoanodes of these DSSCs
generally have ...
Pitchaiya, S.; Natarajan, M.; Santhanam, A.; Asokan, V.; Ramakrishnan, V. M.; Palanichamy, P.; Rangasamy, B.; Sundaram, S.; Velauthapillai, Dhayalan(University of Jaffna, 2019)
Perovskite nanostructures have been prepared via electrospinning technique using polyvinyl alcohol
and methylammonium lead iodide (CH3NH3PbI3 – perovskite). In the electrospinning experiment, the
formation of different ...
Akshaya, S. R.; Venkatachalam, T.; Sandhiya, C.; Muthukumarasamy, N.; Velauthapillai, Dhayalan(University of Jaffna, 2019)
WS2 (Transition-metal dichalcogenide) are known for their novel electro catalytic properties and
have analogous structure with graphene. It is noted that catalytic performance of WS2 can be further
increased by doping ...
Dye‐sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) based on nanocrystalline metal oxides are cost-efficient
photovoltaic devices and work better even during darker conditions, such as in cloudy weather. Although
higher efficiencies have ...
Nissanka, T.; Bandara, K.; Bandara, W.(University of Jaffna, 2019)
Solar cells are considered as an economical and environmental friendly solution for the global
energy demand. Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs) offer low production cost and many possibilities for
further development. In ...
Venkatachalapathy, V.; Vines, L.; Kuznesov, A.(University of Jaffna, 2019)
Recently, solar cells have gained significant interest due to renewed attention to sustainability. The
energy harvesting effectiveness of a solar cell centres are critically influenced by surface and interface
properties ...
Jaseetharan, T.; Dissanayake, M.A.K.L.; Senadeera, G.K.R.(University of Jaffna, 2019)
Semiconductor quantum dots have gained more attention due to their unique optoelectronic
properties applicable in many important research fields such as fabrication of light emitting devices,
photon detecting devices, ...
Ramakrishnan, V. M.; Muthukumarasamy, N.; Yoganand, C.P.; Yuvaraj, S.; Agilan, S.; Velauthapillai, Dhayalan(University of Jaffna, 2019)
One of the common hindrance to the higher power conversion efficiencies in any kind of solar cells
is the charge recombination. In the case of dye-sensitized solar cells, porous electrode (typically TiO2 or
other wide ...
Karthikeyani, A.; Sathriya, N.; Anbukumaran, K.(University of Jaffna, 2019)
In the present study, a new luminescent stillwellite type lanthanum borosilicate (doped with Eu3+
and co- doped with either Er3+/Ho3+ or both) up-conversion materials were synthesized and characterized
by photoluminescence ...
Morphology of the photoanode in Dye Sensitized Solar Cells (DSSCs) is one of the crucial factors
determining their overall efficiencies. Despite the use of composites with other semiconductors or the
modification of the ...
Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have been emerged as a strong contender for the next generation of
photovoltaic technologies due to their promising power conversion efficiency (PCE) along with high
absorbance, low-cost of ...
Deshmukh, M. K.; Bharatbushan Singh, A.(University of Jaffna, 2019)
The technologies involved in solar photovoltaic (SPV) conversion have been advancing rapidly. Since
last decade, the costs of SPV panel and other subsystems have been regularly decreasing which resulted in
increase in ...
Mayandi, J.; Venkatesan, R.; Venkatachalapathy, V.(University of Jaffna, 2019)
The demand for renewable energy has increased in the last few years due to the limited availability
of the widely used fossil fuel. Solar energy is by far the most abundant renewable energy source available,
but the levelized ...
Rasalingam, S.; Pirashanthan, A.; Thanihaichelvan, M.; Mariappan, K.; Velauthapillai, Dhayalan; Ravirajan, P.(University of Jaffna, 2019)
This work reports the multifunctionality of a novel Ru based dye (RuC) in enhancing the
performance of nanocrystalline Titanium dioxide (TiO2) / Poly (3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) hybrid solar cells.
TiO2 / P3HT nanocomposite ...
Liyanage, D. N.; Kumarasinghe, K. D. M. S. P. K.; Kumara, G. R. A.; Jayasundera, A. C. A.; Tennakone, K.(University of Jaffna, 2019)
Dye-sensitized Solid-state Solar Cell (DSSC) has been received great deal of attention due to its
attractive features over the wet type Dye-sensitized Solar Cells (DSCs). However the configuration of DSSC,
n-type semiconductor/ ...
Balaji, G.; Balasundaraprabhu, R.; Prasanna, S.; Prabavathy, N.; McIlroy, D. N.; Sivakumaran, K.; Kannan, M. D.; Velauthapillai, Dhayalan(University of Jaffna, 2019)
Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS), a quaternary compound semiconductor, is an earth abundant and sustainable
semiconductor material that is used as an absorber layer for thin film solar cells. In the present work, CZTS
thin films were ...
Sol gel dip coating method has been used for preparing ZnO nanorods (NRs). PbS quantum dots
(QDs) have been synthesized by successive ionic layer adsorption and reaction (SILAR) method. The
structural and optical characteristics ...