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Thin-film photovoltaic materials like WS2 offer abundant, low-cost, transparent energy sources. WS2 boasts high carrier mobility, a superior optical absorption coefficient over 105 cm− 1, a favorable band gap of ...
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Cs+ substituted SrZnFe2O4 nanoparticles: analysis of structural, morphological and electrical behavior
The effect of Cs+ substitution on strontium zinc ferrites was reported. The cubic spinel phase of $${{\text{Sr}}}_{0.5}{{\text{Zn}}}_{0.5}{{\t...
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Optimization of CdS-free non-toxic electron transport layer for Sb2S3-based solar cell with notable enhanced performance
In this investigation, we develop CdS-free non-toxic thin-film solar cell structure with antimony sulfide (Sb2S3) as an absorber material. Sb2S3 has found to be a promising candidate for production of renewable e...
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Synthesis of green magnetic hybrid adsorbents and their application for reactive red methyl 4 BL dye removal
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Synthesis of Metal Hydroxyapatite Nanoparticles and Their Application, Behavior, and Mechanism in the Removal of Cationic Dye Red 3R from Aqueous Media
About 80% of wastewater is discarded into the environment without any treatment. In this research work, the metal hydroxyapatite nanoparticles had been synthesized by a wet chemical approach and applied in wat...
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Impact of Amorphous and Crystalline Tungsten Trioxide (WO3) Thin Films as an Antireflection Material for Silicon (c-Si) Solar Cells
The effects of single-layer antireflection coatings (SLARCs) on the performance of crystalline silicon (c-Si)-based solar cells have been analyzed numerically. In this study, amorphous (a-WO3) and crystalline (c-...
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Modeling of improved efficiency and spectral response of a Si-based heterojunction solar cell by using CeO2 as a buffer layer
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Comparative study of UV-ZnO NRs photodetectors based on seeded porous silicon by RF-sputtering and drop-casting methods
Photodetectors (PDs) play a fundamental role in the advancement of modern optical communication technologies. Utilising the simple methodology to develop metal–semiconductor-metal (MSM) PDs based on zinc oxide...
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Nonreciprocal wave transmission through discrete complex saturable Ginzburg–Landau dimer
The asymmetric diode-like response of a dimer described by discrete Ginzburg–Landau equation with saturable nonlinearity is investigated. The lattice under probe is one dimensional and linked to linear side ch...
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Retraction Note to: Effect of Zn substitution on the structural, magnetic, optical, and electrical properties of low-temperature-synthesized cobalt ferrites
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Effect of binary mixture of Nd–Zn ions on the electrical, structural and dielectric behavior of calcium-barium M-type hexaferrite nanoparticles
This study reports the synthesis and characterization of Nd–Zn-doped nanocrystalline Ca0.5Ba0.5-xNdxZnyFe12-yO19 (x = 0.00–0.10; y = 0.00–1.00) hexaferrites prepared by sol–gel auto combustion method. Do** of t...
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Enhanced structural and dielectric properties of calcium and chromium based M-type hexagonal ferrites
M-type hexaferrites with composition Ca1−xCrxFe12O19 were synthesized by the sol–gel auto-combustion method. Structural, morphological and dielectric properties were explored. Annealing of the samples was done at...
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RETRACTED ARTICLE: Effect of Zn substitution on the structural, magnetic, optical, and electrical properties of low-temperature-synthesized cobalt ferrites
Nano-crystalline particles of zinc-doped cobalt ferrite having chemical formula Co1−xZnxFe2O4 (x = 0.01, 0.02, 0.03, 0.04 and 0.05) were successfully synthesized via co-precipitation technique. Phase identificati...
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Detailed analysis of structural and optical properties of spinel cobalt doped magnesium zinc ferrites under different substitutions
Spinel ferrites nanoparticles have complex considerable interest in several technical applications because of their different magnetic behavior. These magnetic nanoparticles obtain finite size and surface effe...
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Enhancement of multiferroic characteristics in the Al and Pr co-doped BiFeO3 nanocrystalline
We investigate and enhance the multiferroic characteristics of BiFeO3 by do** Al3+ and Pr3+ cations simultaneously. Bi1-xAlxFe1-xPrxO3 (x=0.00, 0.04, 0.08, 0.12, 0.16) was prepared by sol–gel or auto-combustion...
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Materials for Solar Cell Applications: An Overview of TiO2, ZnO, Upconverting Organic and Polymer-Based Solar Cells
The present chapter gives an overview of third-generation solar cells with special emphasize on important synthesis protocol for ZnO, TiO2, and rare earth-based upconverting materials for their utilization in the...
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Carbon Nanotubes: Synthesis and Application in Solar Cells
Unique structures and outstanding properties of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have drawn significant attention of scientific community working in materials science and engineering. Researchers are taking interest in...
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Quantum Dot Solar Cells
Energy crisis has become one of the main hurdles in the path of development and technology due to the rapid reduction of fossil. Renewable energy resources have gained the great importance in last few decades....
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Solar Cells and Optoelectronic Devices in Space
Optoelectronic devices including solar cells have been widely used in space and are extremely sensitive to substantially shorter wavelength electromagnetic radiations, e.g., gamma ray. Electrons and secondary ...
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Perspective of Nanomaterials in the Performance of Solar Cells
Solar cells have a great promise to solve the world energy crises in a sustainable way. In recent years, numerous efforts have been devoted on different aspects and performance of solar cells with a common tas...
