| dc.contributor.advisor | Iwuoha, Emmanuel | |
| dc.contributor.author | Raleie, Naledi | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-09-17T10:31:39Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-12-31T22:10:03Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2018 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11394/6398 | |
| dc.description | Philosophiae Doctor - PhD (Chemistry) | |
| dc.description.abstract | Renewable energy has become the centrepiece of research in resolving the energy
crisis. One of the forms of renewable energy is solar energy. This form of energy is
costly to develop. Organic molecules are promising materials for the construction of
next generation photovoltaic cells considering their advantage of lower cost compared
to crystalline silicon that is currently used in solar cells. This forms the basis of this
research, which focused on the synthesis and characterisation of poly(3-
hexylthiophene) P3HT, stannum (Sn) nanoparticles and stannum-based bimetallic
stannum-titanium (SnTi), stannum-chromium (SnCr) and stannum-vanadium (SnV)
nanoparticles for the application in the construction of heterojunction photovoltaic cells
(PVCs). | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | University of the Western Cape | |
| dc.subject | Photovoltaic cells, Photoelectrochemical cells, Power conversion efficiency, Energy, Acceptor, Donor, Nanocomposite, Transition metals, Thin films, Bimetallic nanoparticles, Bandgap | |
| dc.title | Chromium and Titanium based Stannum Nanocomposites materials as electron acceptors for next generation bulk Heterojunction photovoltaic cells | |
| dc.rights.holder | University of the Western Cape | |
