The self-assembling characteristics allow carbon
nanomaterials to be readily explored, environmentally benign,
solution-processed, low-cost, and efficient solar light-harvesting
materials. An effort has been made to replace the regular
photovoltaic device’s electrodes by different carbon allotropebased electrodes. Sequential ...
The self-assembling characteristics allow carbon
nanomaterials to be readily explored, environmentally benign,
solution-processed, low-cost, and efficient solar light-harvesting
materials. An effort has been made to replace the regular
photovoltaic device’s electrodes by different carbon allotropebased electrodes. Sequential fabrication of carbon solar cells
(SCs) was performed under ambient conditions, where FTO/
graphene/single-walled carbon nanotubes/graphene quantum dotsfullerene/carbon black paste layers were assembled with poly-
(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) as an encapsulating layer. The
PMMA layer provides significant improvement toward the entry of
water vapor, hence leading to stability up to 1000 h. The
photoconversion efficiency of the PMMA-encapsulated carbon SC
has been increased by ∼105% and the stability decreased by only
∼10% after 1000 h of exposure to environmental moisture. Besides, the building integrated photovoltaic window properties achieved
using this carbon SC were also investigated by using the color rendering index and the correlated color temperature, which can have
an impact on the buildings’ occupants’ comfort. This study leads to an extensive integration to improve carbon-based materials
because of their effective and useful but less-explored characteristics suitable for potential photovoltaic applications
