Dye-sensitized solar cells strike back

AB Muñoz-García, I Benesperi, G Boschloo… - Chemical Society …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs) are celebrating their 30th birthday and they are attracting
a wealth of research efforts aimed at unleashing their full potential. In recent years, DSCs …

Ultrafast electron dynamics in solar energy conversion

CS Ponseca Jr, P Chábera, J Uhlig, P Persson… - Chemical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Electrons are the workhorses of solar energy conversion. Conversion of the energy of light to
electricity in photovoltaics, or to energy-rich molecules (solar fuel) through photocatalytic …

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 …

The PYXAID program for non-adiabatic molecular dynamics in condensed matter systems

AV Akimov, OV Prezhdo - Journal of chemical theory and …, 2013 - ACS Publications
This work introduces the PYXAID program, developed for non-adiabatic molecular dynamics
simulations in condensed matter systems. By applying the classical path approximation to …

Dye aggregation in dye-sensitized solar cells

L Zhang, JM Cole - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Dye aggregation dictates structural and optoelectronic properties of photoelectrodes in dye-
sensitized solar cells (DSSCs), thereby playing an essential role in their photovoltaic …

Applications of porphyrins in emerging energy conversion technologies

JM Park, JH Lee, WD Jang - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
Porphyrins are composed of four pyrrolic subunits interconnected via methine bridges to
form fully conjugated 18 π electron-containing aromatic macrocycles. This macrocyclic …

Advanced capabilities of the PYXAID program: integration schemes, decoherence effects, multiexcitonic states, and field-matter interaction

AV Akimov, OV Prezhdo - Journal of chemical theory and …, 2014 - ACS Publications
In our previous work [J. Chem. Theory Comput. 2013, 9, 4959], we introduced the PYXAID
program, developed for the purpose of performing nonadiabatic molecular dynamics …

Theoretical Studies on Anatase and Less Common TiO2 Phases: Bulk, Surfaces, and Nanomaterials

F De Angelis, C Di Valentin, S Fantacci… - Chemical …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Driven by growing concerns for environmental and energy issues, interest in semiconductor-
based heterogeneous photocatalysis has increased considerably over the last decades …

Theoretical insights into photoinduced charge transfer and catalysis at oxide interfaces

AV Akimov, AJ Neukirch, OV Prezhdo - Chemical reviews, 2013 - ACS Publications
As the world's population increases and substantial industrial growth continues, the energy
demands of society increase rapidly. Although the earth's oil, natural gas, and coal deposits …

Dye chemistry with time-dependent density functional theory

AD Laurent, C Adamo, D Jacquemin - Physical Chemistry Chemical …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
In this perspective, we present an overview of the determination of excited-state properties of
“real-life” dyes, and notably of their optical absorption and emission spectra, performed …