There is intense interest in graphene in fields such as physics, chemistry, and materials science, among others. Interest in graphene's exceptional physical properties, chemical tunability, and potential for applications has generated thousands of publications and an accelerating pace of research, making review of such research timely. Here is an overview of the synthesis, properties, and applications of graphene and related materials (primarily, graphite oxide and its colloidal suspensions and materials made from them), from a materials science perspective.

/pdf/graphene-and-graphene-oxide-synthesis-properties-and-2q80uaujok.pdf

Graphene and Graphene Oxide: Synthesis, Properties, and Applications

Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs) offer the possibilities to design solar cells with a large flexibility in shape, color, and transparency. DSC research groups have been established around the worl ...

/pdf/dye-sensitized-solar-cells-50b0w2bhsr.pdf

Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

Polymer/layered silicate nanocomposites: a review from preparation to processing

2.3. Evaluation of Photocatalytic Water Splitting 6507 2.3.1. Photocatalytic Activity 6507 2.3.2. Photocatalytic Stability 6507 3. UV-Active Photocatalysts for Water Splitting 6507 3.1. d0 Metal Oxide Photocatalyts 6507 3.1.1. Ti-, Zr-Based Oxides 6507 3.1.2. Nb-, Ta-Based Oxides 6514 3.1.3. W-, Mo-Based Oxides 6517 3.1.4. Other d0 Metal Oxides 6518 3.2. d10 Metal Oxide Photocatalyts 6518 3.3. f0 Metal Oxide Photocatalysts 6518 3.4. Nonoxide Photocatalysts 6518 4. Approaches to Modifying the Electronic Band Structure for Visible-Light Harvesting 6519

Semiconductor-based Photocatalytic Hydrogen Generation

/pdf/honeycomb-carbon-a-review-of-graphene-bjl5wl6ai8.pdf

Honeycomb Carbon: A Review of Graphene

Effect of solvents in liquid electrolyte on the photovoltaic performance of dye-sensitized solar cells

A dye-sensitized solar cell based on platinum nanotube counter electrode with efficiency of 9.05%

A novel gel polymer electrolyte based on poly(acrylamide)–poly(ethylene glycol) composite and binary organic solvent was prepared. And the highest ionic conductivity of the gel polymer electrolyte was 1.94 mS cm −1 under the ambient atmosphere. The polymer gel electrolyte based on the composite of poly(acrylamide)–poly(ethylene glycol), the binary organic solvent of ethylene carbonate and propylene carbonate and the additive of 4- tert -bytylpyridine has been employed to fabricate quasi-solid state dye-sensitized solar cell with an overall conversion efficiency of approximately 3% under irradiation of 60 mW cm −2 .

Quasi-solid state dye-sensitized solar cells-based gel polymer electrolytes with poly(acrylamide)–poly(ethylene glycol) composite

Fabrication of high performance multi-walled carbon nanotubes/polypyrrole counter electrode for dye-sensitized solar cells

Mesoporous tin oxide spheres (MS-SnO2) with a main size ranging from 100 to 800 nm are synthesized via a simple solution route. These spheres consist of packed nanocrystals and possess a specific surface area of 29.4 m2·g–1 and a main pore size of about 4 nm. Due to large particle size, high specific surface area, and good intercrystalline connections, a dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) based on the MS-SnO2 film photoanode shows an energy conversion efficiency of 4.97%, which is higher than that of a DSSC based on current SnO2 nanoparticle film photoanodes. On the other hand, the photovoltaic performance of the DSSC can be improved by modifying the photoanode with a TiO2 blocking layer and TiCl4 post-treatment.

Jianming Lin

Papers

Effect of solvents in liquid electrolyte on the photovoltaic performance of dye-sensitized solar cells

A dye-sensitized solar cell based on platinum nanotube counter electrode with efficiency of 9.05%

Quasi-solid state dye-sensitized solar cells-based gel polymer electrolytes with poly(acrylamide)–poly(ethylene glycol) composite

Fabrication of high performance multi-walled carbon nanotubes/polypyrrole counter electrode for dye-sensitized solar cells

Facile Synthesis of Mesoporous Tin Oxide Spheres and Their Applications in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells