Factors Affect Dye Sensitized Solar Cells performance [PDF]
Renewable Energy and Sustainable Development, 2017 Recently, dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) have received great attention for their simple fabrication process, low production costs and, relatively high conversion efficiency.DSSC are a combination of materials, consisting of a transparent electrode ...
Ahmed Mohamed, Yehia Selim
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Photovoltage improvement for dye-sensitized solar cells
, 2011 The efficiency improvement of dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs) is critical for their commercialization and replacement of traditional silica solar cells. Generally, the energy conversion efficiency of DSCs is determined by the short-circuit photocurrent,
Tian, H., Ning, Zhijun,
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Characterising dye-sensitised solar cells [PDF]
, 2009 In today’s society there is a vast and in many cases not fully appreciated dependence on electrical power for everyday life. Furthermore, with growing energy and environmental concerns arising due to fossil fuel depletion and climate change/global ...
Zerulla, Dominic +9 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 +24 more
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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 +2 more
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Development of scanning electrochemical microscopy (SECM) techniques for the optimization of dye sensitized solar cells [PDF]
, 2014 Methods for high-throughput validation of cell components for use in dye sensitized solar cells (DSCs) are needed as the global production of such cells becomes widespread.
Constable, E. C. +11 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 +5 more
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Studies on Photoelectric Performance of Natural Dyes from Safflower
International Journal of Electrochemical Science, 2018 The TiO2 nanoparticles thin films was used to prepare the dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) as photoelectrode and natural dyes as photosensitizers. The sensitized TiO2 based solar cell used nature dye carthain and hydroxysafflor yellow A as sensitizer ...
Su-Qing Zhao +3 more
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The influence of light intensity, active area and excitation wavelength on the temporal response of a dye sensitized solar cell [PDF]
, 2009 Poster presentation at SPIE Optics + Photonics: Solar Energy and Technology, San Diego, California, USA, 2nd – 6th August 2009The temporal response of a biomimetic dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) is critically linked to the intensity of the incident ...
O\u27Reilly, Jennifer +9 more
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The application of Cu(I) phenanthroline dyes in DSCs with optimized I⁻/I₃⁻ and Co(II/III) electrolytes [PDF]
, 2015 The world faces an energy and climate crisis. After an unprecedented worldwide increase in energy consumption, which has largely been based on the use of fossil fuels, mankind is challenged by global warming and its consequences. The demand for renewable
Fürer, Sebastian O.
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