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 …

Advanced research trends in dye-sensitized solar cells

M Kokkonen, P Talebi, J Zhou, S Asgari… - Journal of Materials …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) are an efficient photovoltaic technology for powering
electronic applications such as wireless sensors with indoor light. Their low cost and …

Solar energy conversion using first row d-block metal coordination compound sensitizers and redox mediators

CE Housecroft, EC Constable - Chemical Science, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The use of renewable energy is essential for the future of the Earth, and solar photons are
the ultimate source of energy to satisfy the ever-increasing global energy demands …

Recent advancements in dye-sensitized solar cells; from photoelectrode to counter electrode

M Dhonde, K Sahu, M Das, A Yadav… - Journal of The …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) are promising photovoltaic technology with diverse
indoor and outdoor applications. DSSCs can be integrated with curtains and glasses to …

Using supramolecular machinery to engineer directional charge propagation in photoelectrochemical devices

T Bouwens, TMA Bakker, K Zhu, J Hasenack… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Molecular photoelectrochemical devices are hampered by electron–hole recombination
after photoinduced electron transfer, causing losses in power conversion efficiency. Inspired …

Towards sustainable solar cells: unveiling the latest developments in bio-nano materials for enhanced DSSC efficiency

SN Tamilselvan, S Shanmugan - Clean Energy, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Fossil fuels—instrumental in powering the nineteenth-century Industrial Revolution—are
now under heightened scrutiny due to environmental concerns and carbon emissions …

Gas-to-nanotextile: high-performance materials from floating 1D nanoparticles

I Gómez-Palos, M Vazquez-Pufleau, RS Schäufele… - Nanoscale, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Suspended in the gas phase, 1D inorganic nanoparticles (nanotubes and nanowires) grow
to hundreds of microns in a second and can be thus directly assembled into freestanding …

New approaches in component design for dye-sensitized solar cells

N Vlachopoulos, A Hagfeldt, I Benesperi… - Sustainable Energy & …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The present perspective presents a number of issues related to the current direction of
DSSC research, with emphasis on the transition from iodide-containing electrolyte to charge …

Near-infrared-absorbing indolizine-porphyrin push–pull dye for dye-sensitized solar cells

H Cheema, A Baumann, EK Loya… - … applied materials & …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Porphyrins are attractive chromophores for application in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs),
as judicious tuning of donor–acceptor properties can enable excellent near-infrared (NIR) …

Push-pull photochromic dyes for semi-transparent solar cells with light-adjustable optical properties and high color-rendering index

S Fauvel, AJ Riquelme, JMA Castán… - Chemical …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
We report the design, synthesis and characterization of push–pull photochromic
naphthopyran dyes, incorporating different carbazole moieties as the electron-donor group …