Fabrication of ternary zinc-nickel-copper oxide microsphere nanocomposite photoanode material for boosting dye-sensitized solar cell efficiency

• Main Authors: Kandasamy M., Seikh A.H., Suresh S., Kumar A., Husain A., Vijayakumar P., Dele-Afolabi T.T., Pugazhenthiran N., Murugesan S., Ansari M.N.M.
• Other Authors: 57052581200
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 2025
• Subjects: Copper oxides; Cost effectiveness; Dye-sensitized solar cells; Electron transport properties; Energy conversion efficiency; Fabrication; Fossil fuels; Microspheres; Morphology; Nickel oxide; Photovoltaic effects; Scanning electron microscopy; Solar energy; Solar power generation; ZnO nanoparticles; Binary and ternary nanocomposite; Chemical co-precipitation; Dye- sensitized solar cells; Photo-anodes; Photoanode materials; Solar energy conversions; Ternary nanocomposites; Zinc-nickel; ZnO-NiO-CuO photoanode; II-VI semiconductors

The present study focuses on the development of cost-effective and efficient energy conversion material for fossil-fuel free society. In this context, ternary ZnO-NiO-CuO nanocomposite (NC) prepared using a facile chemical co-precipitation method was used as a photoanode material in dye-sensitized s...