Molecular engineering strategies for fabricating efficient porphyrin-based dye-sensitized solar cells

K Zeng, Z Tong, L Ma, WH Zhu, W Wu… - Energy & Environmental …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs), as a cost effective and eco-friendly photovoltaic
technology for utilizing solar energy, are promising in meeting the increasing demand of …

Meso-substituted porphyrins for dye-sensitized solar cells

M Urbani, M Grätzel, MK Nazeeruddin… - Chemical …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Among the several approaches for harnessing solar energy and converting it into electricity,
dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) represent one of the most promising methods for future …

Dye-sensitized solar cells with 13% efficiency achieved through the molecular engineering of porphyrin sensitizers

S Mathew, A Yella, P Gao, R Humphry-Baker… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
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 …

Anchoring groups for dye-sensitized solar cells

L Zhang, JM Cole - ACS applied materials & interfaces, 2015 - ACS Publications
The dyes in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) require one or more chemical substituents
that can act as an anchor, enabling their adsorption onto a metal oxide substrate. This …

Cosensitization in dye-sensitized solar cells

JM Cole, G Pepe, OK Al Bahri, CB Cooper - Chemical reviews, 2019 - ACS Publications
Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs) are a next-generation photovoltaic technology, whose
natural transparency and good photovoltaic output under ambient light conditions afford …

Arylamine organic dyes for dye-sensitized solar cells

M Liang, J Chen - Chemical Society Reviews, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Arylamine organic dyes with donor (D), π-bridge (π) and acceptor (A) moieties for dye-
sensitized solar cells (DSCs) have received great attention in the last decade because of …

Organic sensitizers from D–π–A to D–A–π–A: effect of the internal electron-withdrawing units on molecular absorption, energy levels and photovoltaic performances

Y Wu, W Zhu - Chemical Society Reviews, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
The high performance and low cost of dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) have drawn great
interest from both academic and industrial circles. The research on exploring novel efficient …

Structural parameter-modulated nonlinear optical amplitude of acceptor–π–D–π–donor-configured pyrene derivatives: A DFT approach

M Khalid, HM Lodhi, MU Khan, M Imran - RSC Advances, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
In the present study, organic pyrene-based derivatives were selected for NLO investigation.
The reference compound named methyl (E)-2-cyano-3-(5-(pyren-1-yl) thiophen-2-yl)-3 …

Vegetable-based dye-sensitized solar cells

G Calogero, A Bartolotta, G Di Marco… - Chemical Society …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
There is currently a large effort to improve the performance of low cost renewable energy
devices. Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) are emerging as one of the most promising low …

Molecular engineering of push–pull porphyrin dyes for highly efficient dye‐sensitized solar cells: The role of benzene spacers

A Yella, CL Mai, SM Zakeeruddin… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Porphyrins have drawn much attention as sensitizers owing to the large absorption
coefficients of their Soret and Q bands in the visible region. In a donor and acceptor zinc …