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Protein-functionalized WO3 nanorods–based impedimetric platform for sensitive and label-free detection of a cardiac biomarker
摘要： We report the development of a sensitive and a label-free electrochemical immunosensing platform for the detection of cardiac biomarker troponin I (cTnI) using tungsten trioxide nanorods (WO3 NRs). The low-temperature hydrothermal technique was employed for the controlled synthesis of WO3 NRs. Thin films of 3-aminopropyltriethoxy saline (APTES)-functionalized WO3 NRs were deposited on indium tin oxide (ITO)-coated glass substrate (0.5 cm × 1 cm) using electrophoretic deposition technique. The covalent immobilization of cTnI antibody onto functionalized WO3 NRs electrode was accomplished using EDC-NHS [1-(3-(dimethylamino)-propyl)-3-ethylcarbodiimide hydrochloride and N-hydroxysulfosuccinimide] chemistry. The structural and morphological characterizations of WO3 NRs and functionalized WO3 NRs were studied using X-ray diffraction, field emission scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, and electrochemical techniques. The impedimetric response study of the proposed immunosensor demonstrates high sensitivity [6.81 KΩ·mL/(ng·cm2)] in a linear detection range of 0.01–10 ng/mL. The excellent selectivity, good reproducibility, and long-term stability of the proposed immunosensing platform indicate WO3 NRs as a suitable platform for the development of a point-of-care biosensing device for cardiac detection.
关键词： electrochemical impedance spectroscopy,tungsten trioxide nanorods,immunosensor,cardiac biomarker,label-free detection
更新于2025-09-19 17:15:36
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Cu2FeSnS4 Nanoparticles: Potential Photovoltaic Absorption Materials for Solar Cell Application
摘要： Quaternary semiconductor Cu2FeSnS4 (CFTS) nanoparticle powder have been prepared by thermal analysis and electrochemical characterization. Powder XRD and Raman spectroscopy confirm the phase and structure of the prepared nanoparticles. The optical absorption studies reveal that the CFTS nanoparticles have a direct optimal band gap in the range from 1.32 to 1.5eV, which indicates that these nanoparticles are potential absorber materials for thin-film photovoltaic application. The synthesized CFTS nanoparticles were transformed to the ink form and the obtained nanoparticle ink coated on a FTO conducting substrate (surface resistivity-13Ω/sq). The catalytic activity of the substrate was analyzed by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) and cyclic voltammogram (CV) curves. The appropriate optical band gap and stable electrical properties indicate that Cu2FeSnS4 Nanoparticles are potential materials for thin-film photovoltaic application.
关键词： optical absorption studies,Cu2FeSnS4 (CFTS),electrochemical impedance spectroscopy analysis,facile chemical route method,Raman spectroscopy
更新于2025-09-16 10:30:52
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Substrate Diameter-Dependent Photovoltaic Performance of Flexible Fiber-Type Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells with TiO2 Nanoparticle/TiO2 Nanotube Array Photoanodes
摘要： Fiber-type dye-sensitized solar cells (FDSSCs) are attractive as an energy source of soft electronics due to low-costs, non-toxicity and especially, their indoor-weak-light workable features. The TiO2 nanotube array (TNA) can grow on flexible Ti wires directly using anodization technique, which is convenient and can provide better contact between substrate/TiO2. However, a systematic study of assembling efficient TNA on photoanode of FDSSC is limited. This study investigated the anodization voltage and time effects of growing TNA on Ti wires. TiO2 nanoparticles (TNP) are fabricated on TNA using dip-coating technique to compensate for low dye adsorption of TNA. Dip-coating rate is varied to optimize TNP thicknesses to provide effective dye adsorption and charge-transfer routes. The highest photon-to-electricity conversion efficiency (η) of 3.31% was obtained for FDSSCs with TNA/TNP photoanode prepared using 60 V as the anodization voltage and 40 cm/min as the dip-coating rate. The influence of titanium wire diameter on η of FDSSCs was studied. The bending test was carried out on flexible FDSSC assembled using plastic tube. The photocurrent retention of 84% is achieved for flexible FDSSC bended for 10 times. This work firstly provides facile ways to assemble efficient photoanode with composite TiO2 structures for FDSSC and opens new insights on studying titanium wire natures on FDSSC performance.
关键词： anodization,electrochemical impedance spectroscopy,fiber-type,TiO2,flexible,dye-sensitized solar cells
更新于2025-09-16 10:30:52
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Ion Transport in Laser-Induced Graphene Cation-Exchange Membrane Hybrids
摘要： Ion exchange membranes hybridized with laser-induced graphene (LIG) might lead to membranes with functional surface effects such as antifouling, antibacterial or joule heating, however, understanding the change in the electrical properties of the membrane is essential. Here we studied LIG-modified ion-exchange polymeric membranes using electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS). The conductivity of the anionic sulfonated polyethersulfone membranes and the effective capacitance of the membrane-electrolyte interface were obtained by fitting the EIS spectra to an electrochemical equivalent circuit and compared to LIG-modified non-ionic polyethersulfone films. The transport selectivity (as relative permeability) of counter-ions (K+, Na+, Mg2+, Ca2+) across the membrane was quantified using the membrane’s conductivities obtained from the EIS measurements. The total ohmic resistance of the membrane was directly correlated to the polymer thickness, (with negligible contribution from the conductive LIG layer), thereby establishing EIS as a rapid, low-cost and non-invasive method to accurately probe substrate usage in LIG modification.
关键词： laser-induced graphene,electrochemical impedance spectroscopy,capacitance,ion exchange membranes,conductivity,ion transport
更新于2025-09-16 10:30:52
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Photoconversion efficiency of Titania solar cells co-sensitized with natural pigments from cochineal, papaya peel and microalga Scenedesmus obliquus
摘要： Three natural pigments obtained from cochineal, papaya peel, and the microalga Scenedesmus obliquus were tested as sensitizers in dye sensitized Titania solar cells. The absorption characteristics of the pigments and the photoelectrochemical parameters were studied to determine the photoconversion efficiency of the cells. The interfacial charge transport processes present in the individually sensitized and the co-sensitized cells were determined by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS). The highest efficiencies achieved for individual pigments after testing a set of different concentrations were 0.228, 0.093 and 0.064% using cochineal, papaya peel extract and Scenedesmus obliquus extract respectively. 0.36% conversion efficiency was reached in the sensitized cell using a combination of the three pigments. The efficiency reached is in the range of those reported for natural pigments. Papaya peel extract and chlorophylls from Scenedesmus obliquus were examined for the first time as possible sensitizers in DSSC.
关键词： photoelectrochemical parameters,energy conversion efficiency.,natural pigments,DSSC,mixed extracts,electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS)
更新于2025-09-12 10:27:22
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Performance Enhancement of Betanin Solar Cells Co-Sensitized with Indigo and Lawsone: A Comparative Study
摘要： Co-sensitization is an important strategy toward e?ciency enhancement of solar cells by enabling better light harvesting across the solar spectrum. Betanin is a natural dye which absorbs light in the major portion of the incident solar spectrum (green region) and is the most e?cient natural pigment used in dye-sensitized solar cells. This study investigates the performance enhancement of a betanin solar cell by co-sensitizing it with two natural pigments which show complementary light absorption, indigo and lawsone, absorbing in the red and blue regions of the solar spectrum, respectively. The calculated highest occupied molecular orbital and lowest unoccupied molecular orbital energies of the pigment molecules, derived from density functional theory (DFT) simulations, con?rmed their optimal alignment with respect to the conduction band energy of the TiO2 semiconductor and reduction potential energy level of the I?/I3 ? electrolyte, a necessary requirement for optimal device performance. Lawsone solar cells displayed better performance, showing average e?ciencies of 0.311 ± 0.034%, compared to indigo solar cells showing e?ciencies of 0.060 ± 0.004%. Betanin was co-sensitized with indigo and lawsone, and the performances of the co-sensitized solar cells were compared. The betanin/lawsone co-sensitized solar cell showed a higher average e?ciency of 0.793 ± 0.021% compared to 0.655 ± 0.019% obtained for the betanin/indigo co-sensitized solar cell. An 11.7% enhancement in e?ciency (with respect to betanin) was observed for the betanin/indigo solar cell, whereas a higher enhancement of 25.5% was observed for the betanin/lawsone solar cell. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy studies con?rmed that the higher e?ciency can be attributed to the higher electron lifetime of 313.8 ms in the betanin/lawsone co-sensitized solar cell compared to 291.4 ms in the betanin/indigo solar cell. This is due to the energy levels being more optimally aligned in lawsone compared to that of indigo, as observed in the DFT studies, and the lack of dipole moment in indigo, resulting in more e?cient charge separation and charge transfer in lawsone.
关键词： DFT simulations,indigo,electrochemical impedance spectroscopy,dye-sensitized solar cells,co-sensitization,betanin,lawsone
更新于2025-09-12 10:27:22
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Study of some sensitizers for gel polymer electrolyte based sensitized solar cells (SSCs)
摘要： The performance of phthaloychitosan gel polymer electrolyte (GPE) based sensitized solar cells (SSCs) fabricated with different types of sensitizer have been studied in this work. Five types of sensitizer were used viz., curcumin, chlorophyll, (E)-4-hydroxyl-3-((4-iodophenyl)diazenyl)-2H-chromen-2-one (CAD5), (E)-4-hydroxyl-3-((4-methoxyphenyl) diazenyl)-2H-chromen-2-one (CAD7) and cadmium sulphide (CdS). These sensitizers were designated as S1, S2, S3, S4 and S5 respectively. The performance of the sensitized solar cells (SSCs) has been characterized and the experimental results showed that S1 (SSC fabricated with curcumin dye sensitizer) exhibits the best performance with short circuit current density (Jsc) of 3.18 mA cm-2, open circuit voltage (Voc) of 0.41 V, fill factor (FF) 0.57 and power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 0.73%.
关键词： Gel polymer electrolyte,Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy,Sensitizers,Sensitized solar cells
更新于2025-09-12 10:27:22
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Binary ionic liquid electrolytes for copper indium sulfide quantum dot sensitized-TiO2 solar cell to achieve long-term durability
摘要： This work demonstrates a straightforward strategy to develop the copper-indium-sul?de (CIS) quantum dot-sensitized solar cells (QDSSCs) consisting of ionic liquids (ILs) as electrolyte instead of any volatile solvent. The power conversion ef?ciency (PCE) of the solar cell yielded with 0.36% in the presence of 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium sul?de ([BMIm][S2?/Sn2?]) and 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium thiocyanate ([BMIm][SCN]) exhibited an improvement of JSC and FF yielding with 0.75% (JSC: 8.69 mA cm?2, VOC: 0.32 V, FF 26.8%). It exhibited long-term stability within 20% drops after 72 h-continuous photo-irradiation and subsequent storage for more than 1300 h in dark. It is due to suppression of the volatilization of solvent and decomposition of sul?de/polysul?de (S2?/Sn2?) anions. The solar cell performances were found to promote as an increase of interfacial charge transfer ef?ciency between electrolyte and electrodes by means of electrochemical impedance spectroscopy.
关键词： Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS),Power-conversion ef?ciency (PCE),Ionic liquid electrolyte,Quantum dot-sensitized solar cell,Copper indium-sul?de (CIS) colloids
更新于2025-09-12 10:27:22
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Detecting and identifying reversible changes in perovskite solar cells by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy
摘要： The current status of electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) and related analysis on perovskite solar cells (PSC) is still unsatisfactory. The provided models are still vague and not really helpful for guiding the efforts to develop more efficient and stable devices. Due to the slow and complex dynamics of these devices, the obtained spectra need to be validated, which is hardly ever done. This study may be the first to provide fully validated impedance spectra and presents reproducible EIS time series at open circuit voltage (VOC) for more than 20 hours, with a total of 140 analysed spectra. We conclude that the observed changes stem from a temporary reduction of the electronically active area of the devices, as can be deduced from the inverse behaviour of resistance and capacitance. The changes in these values are almost 100% reversible if the devices are kept in the dark for only one day, while the time constant of the high-frequency process remains unchanged throughout the whole characterization procedure. The tested devices are full PSC devices that have proven to be stable over more than 500 hours, and the non-steady impedance measurements shine a critical light on previously published EIS data. With the results of this study, it can be rationalized that the high-frequency semicircle can serve as a good indicator for ionic migration by monitoring its consequences. The results presented here are helpful to quantify ionic migration on the device level in order to derive new stability criteria and countermeasures against degradation.
关键词： reversible changes,stability,electrochemical impedance spectroscopy,perovskite solar cells,ionic migration
更新于2025-09-12 10:27:22
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Structure–Activity/Stability Correlations from the Electrochemical Dynamic Responses of Titanium Anode Coatings Formed of Ordered TiO <sub/>2</sub> @RuO <sub/>2</sub> Microspheres
摘要： Spherical TiO2/RuO2 particles were synthesized by ultrasonic spray pyrolysis (USP) at 200 and 800?C. The activity for the oxygen and chlorine evolution reactions (OER and CER, respectively) and the dynamic responses from electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) of the USP powders, as well as of the corresponding coatings on Ti, were analyzed and are discussed. The loss of coating activity is discussed with respect to the differences in the EIS and cyclic voltammetry responses of the coatings in their active and inactive states. The 800?C-USP sample was found to be more active than the 200?C-USP sample for both the CER and the OER, whereas the stability of the former was considerably lower. The correlation between the structure, composition and morphology of the powder and the coating with the registered electrochemical properties is discussed. The EIS analysis of the coating resistance distributions induced by the thermal treatment of the powder indicated a complex combination of the pore resistance and the pseudocapacitive charge transfer resistance. An additional coating resistance, due to loose grain boundaries, was introduced into the coatings in their active and inactive state. The EIS analysis indicated the changes in TiO2-enriched core/RuO2-enriched shell structure, caused by the USP temperature.
关键词： TiO2/RuO2,cyclic voltammetry,electrochemical impedance spectroscopy,oxygen evolution reaction,chlorine evolution reaction,ultrasonic spray pyrolysis,coating stability
更新于2025-09-11 14:15:04