Integrating dye-sensitized solar cells and supercapacitors: portable powerpacks for future energy applications
- Title
- Integrating dye-sensitized solar cells and supercapacitors: portable powerpacks for future energy applications
- Creator
- Davis J.K.; George J.; Balachandran M.
- Description
- Integrating energy storage and harvesting devices have been major challenges and significant needs of the time for upcoming energy applications. Photosupercapacitors are combined solar cell-supercapacitor devices which can provide next-generation portable powerpacks. Owing to advantages like economic and environmental friendliness, dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) offer vast potential for being integrated with energy accumulation devices like supercapacitors. Over the past few years, various types of harvesting cum storage power devices combining DSSCs and supercapacitors have been reported. Over time the devices have improved in both performance and stability providing a broad outlook to possible future advancements including commercialization. We still have many challenges that are yet to be resolved in order to take these powerpacks to the next level of applications in portable and wearable electronics and communication devices. In this context, a detailed analysis and comparison of already reported photo-powered integrated supercapacitors based on DSSCs would give further insights into future advancements. In this review, we have discussed the development of photosupercapacitors, their fabrication strategies, and different materials used as counter electrodes, electrolytes, and dye sensitizers. Graphical Abstract: (Figure presented.) The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2024.
- Source
- Journal of Materials Science, Vol-59, No. 43, pp. 20176-20203.
- Date
- 2024-01-01
- Publisher
- Springer
- Coverage
- Davis J.K., Department of Physics and Electronics, Christ University, Karnataka, Bengaluru, India; George J., Department of Physics and Electronics, Christ University, Karnataka, Bengaluru, India; Balachandran M., Department of Physics and Electronics, Christ University, Karnataka, Bengaluru, India
- Rights
- Restricted Access
- Relation
- ISSN: 222461; CODEN: JMTSA
- Format
- Online
- Language
- English
- Type
- Review
Collection
Citation
Davis J.K.; George J.; Balachandran M., “Integrating dye-sensitized solar cells and supercapacitors: portable powerpacks for future energy applications,” CHRIST (Deemed To Be University) Institutional Repository, accessed February 24, 2025, https://archives.christuniversity.in/items/show/21267.