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Dye Sensitized Solar Cells [PDF]

International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2010
Dye sensitized solar cell (DSSC) is the only solar cell that can offer both the flexibility and transparency. Its efficiency is comparable to amorphous silicon solar cells but with a much lower cost. This review not only covers the fundamentals of DSSC but also the related cutting-edge research and its development for industrial applications.
Anders, Hagfeldt, Gerrit, Boschloo, Licheng, Sun, Lars, Kloo, Henrik, Pettersson   +4 more
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BODIPYs for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells [PDF]

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2017
BODIPY, abbreviation of boron-dipyrromethene, is one class of robust organic molecules that has been used widely in bioimaging, sensing, and logic gate design. Recently, BODIPY dyes have been explored for dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs). Studies demonstrate their potential as light absorbers for the conversion of solar energy to electricity. However,
Hafsah Klfout, Adam Stewart, Mahmoud Elkhalifa, Hongshan He   +3 more
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Carbonaceous Dye‐Sensitized Solar Cell Photoelectrodes [PDF]

Advanced Science, 2015
High photovoltaic efficiency is one of the most important keys to the commercialization of dye sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) in the quickly growing renewable electricity generation market. The heart of the DSSC system is a wide bandgap semiconductor based photoelectrode film that helps to adsorb dye molecules and transport the injected electrons away ...
Batmunkh, M., Biggs, M., Shapter, J.
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Dilemmas of Dye‐Sensitized Solar Cells [PDF]

ChemPhysChem, 2011
Ferrocene to the rescue: The dye-sensitized solar cell allows changes in the energetics of electron transport, molecular absorbers, and hole transport materials to better harvest the energy of solar photons (see picture). A recent paper describing a new dye with a high excited state in combination with ferrocene redox mediator shows progress in this ...
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Simulating Dye-Sensitized TiO2 Heterointerfaces in Explicit Solvent: Absorption Spectra, Energy Levels, and Dye Desorption [PDF]

, 2011
Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs) represent a valuable, efficient, and low-cost alternative to conventional semiconductor photovoltaic devices. A deeper understanding of the dye/semiconductor heterointerface and of the dye-sensitized semiconductor ...
Fantacci, Simona, De Angelis, Filippo, Gebauer, Ralph   +2 more
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Dye-sensitized solar cells with 13% efficiency achieved through the molecular engineering of porphyrin sensitizers [PDF]

, 2014
Dye-sensitized solar cells have gained widespread attention in recent years because of their low production costs, ease of fabrication and tunable optical properties, such as colour and transparency. Here, we report a molecularly engineered porphyrin dye,
Peng Gao, Mathew, Simon, Grätzel, Michael, Basile F. E. Curchod, Tavernelli, Ivano, Ashari-Astani, Negar, Curchod, Basile F E, Michael Grätzel, Graetzel, Michael, Michael Graetzel, Aswani Yella, Nazeeruddin, Md. Khaja, Gao, Peng, Robin Humphry-Baker, Nazeeruddin, Md Khaja, Curchod, Basile F.E., Rothlisberger, Ursula, Negar Ashari-Astani, Simon Mathew, Ursula Rothlisberger, Yella, Aswani, Ivano Tavernelli, Humphry-Baker, Robin, Md. Khaja Nazeeruddin, Curchod, Basile F. E.   +24 more
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Aqueous dye-sensitized solar cells

Chemical Society Reviews, 2015
This review highlights the efforts towards the realization of an artificial photosynthetic system able to convert sunlight into electricity by using a unique solvent, water, the solvent of life.
BELLA, FEDERICO, GERBALDI, CLAUDIO, Barolo C., Grätzel M.   +3 more
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Supramolecular Interactions of Chenodeoxycholic Acid Increase the Efficiency of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Based on a Cobalt Electrolyte [PDF]

, 2013
A combined experimental and computational study is carried out to understand the nature of the interfaces between dye-sensitized TiO2 and cobalt-based electrolyte in the presence of a prototype coabsorbent, chenodeoxycholic acid (CDCA), employed in dye ...
Mosconi, Edoardo, Marotta, Gabriele, Cinti, Antonio, Salvatori, Paolo, Anselmi, Chiara, De Angelis, Filippo   +5 more
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Optical Properties and Aggregation of Phenothiazine-based Dye-Sensitisers for Solar Cells Applications: A Combined Experimental and Computational Investigation [PDF]

, 2013
Combining computational modeling and experimental optical analyses, we investigate two prototypical phenothiazine-based organic solar cells sensitizers with the aim to understand the individual effects of solvation and aggregation on the dyes optical ...
Agrawal, Saurabh, Marotta, Gabriele, Pastore, Mariachiara, De Angelis, Filippo, Chandrasekharam, Malapaka, Reddy, Marri Anil   +5 more
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Performance and Impedance Spectroscopy of co-Sensitization of Anthocyanin Dye And Semiconductor Quantum Dots in Sensitizing Solar Cells

International Journal of Electrochemical Science, 2016
In this work, anthocyanin dye was extracted in ethanol from black rice and used as a sensitizer together with CdS and CdSe quantum dots (QDs) in a QD-dye-co-sensitized TiO2 solar cell. QDs were prepared via wet solution processed method.
H.K. Jun, M.A. Careem, A.K. Arof
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