The deterministic role of resonance energy transfer in the performance of bio-inspired colloidal silver nanoparticles incorporated dye sensitized solar cells

Enhancing the efficiency of dye-sensitized solar cell by increasing the light trapping and decreasing the electron-hole recombination rate due to Ag@TiO2 core-shell photoanode structure

“…As it was expected, the TiO 2 NPs absorbed the UV spectrum in a high level due to its indirect and wide bandgap [40]. The redshifted UV-Vis absorption spectrum of Ag@TiO 2 C-S NPs with improved visible light absorption compared to Ag and TiO 2 NPs can be assigned to the LSPR effect [41]. Moreover, the clear plasmon peak for Ag nanoparticles at 403 nm shifted into 424 nm in Ag@TiO 2 C-S NPs that can be attributed to the TiO 2 amorphous shell with higher dielectric constant than that of PVP [26].…”

Biodistribution of essential oil-conjugated silver nanoparticles

“…The impressive use of silver (Ag)-based nanosystems in modern society includes various applications, such as environment protection [ 1 , 2 , 3 ], energetic industry [ 4 , 5 , 6 ], electronics [ 7 , 8 , 9 ], detection platforms [ 10 , 11 , 12 ], pharmacological products [ 13 , 14 , 15 ] and implantable devices [ 16 , 17 , 18 ]. In particular, excellent mechanical properties and optical behavior, as well as intrinsic biocompatibility and antipathogenic effects, are characteristics that recommend silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) to be used in the development of specific and effective unconventional biomedical applications.…”