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 …

Porphyrins as excellent dyes for dye-sensitized solar cells: recent developments and insights

T Higashino, H Imahori - Dalton transactions, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) have attracted much attention as an alternative to silicon-
based solar cells because of their low-cost production and high power conversion efficiency …

Metal-free tetrathienoacene sensitizers for high-performance dye-sensitized solar cells

N Zhou, K Prabakaran, B Lee, SH Chang… - Journal of the …, 2015 - ACS Publications
A new series of metal-free organic chromophores (TPA-TTAR-A (1), TPA-T-TTAR-A (2), TPA-
TTAR-TA (3), and TPA-T-TTAR-TA (4)) are synthesized for application in dye-sensitized …

Porphyrins for dye-sensitised solar cells: new insights into efficiency-determining electron transfer steps

MJ Griffith, K Sunahara, P Wagner, K Wagner… - Chemical …, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
Porphyrin molecules offer immense potential as the light harvesting component of dye-
sensitised nanocrystalline TiO2 solar cells. Synthetic porphyrin dyes were amongst the first …

Preliminary validation of column-averaged volume mixing ratios of carbon dioxide and methane retrieved from GOSAT short-wavelength infrared spectra

I Morino, O Uchino, M Inoue, Y Yoshida… - Atmospheric …, 2010 - amt.copernicus.org
Column-averaged volume mixing ratios of carbon dioxide and methane retrieved from the
Greenhouse gases Observing SATellite (GOSAT) Short-Wavelength InfraRed observation …

DA-π-A featured sensitizers bearing phthalimide and benzotriazole as auxiliary acceptor: effect on absorption and charge recombination dynamics in dye-sensitized …

W Li, Y Wu, Q Zhang, H Tian, W Zhu - ACS applied materials & …, 2012 - ACS Publications
Two organic DA-π-A sensitizers LS-2 and WS-5 containing N-octyl substituted phthalimide
and benzotriazole as auxiliary electron withdrawing units with similar dimension and …

Role of Adsorption Structures of Zn-Porphyrin on TiO2 in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Studied by Sum Frequency Generation Vibrational Spectroscopy and Ultrafast …

S Ye, A Kathiravan, H Hayashi, Y Tong… - The Journal of …, 2013 - ACS Publications
Several Zn-porphyrin (ZnP) derivatives were designed to build highly efficient dye-sensitized
solar cells (DSC). It was found that solar cell efficiencies normalized for surface coverage …

Tropolone as a high‐performance robust anchoring group for dye‐sensitized solar cells

T Higashino, Y Fujimori, K Sugiura, Y Tsuji… - Angewandte …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
A tropolone group has been employed for the first time as an anchoring group for dye‐
sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). The DSSC based on a porphyrin, YD2‐o‐C8T, with a …

Highly Asymmetrical Porphyrins with Enhanced Push–Pull Character for Dye‐Sensitized Solar Cells

K Kurotobi, Y Toude, K Kawamoto… - … A European Journal, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
A porphyrin π‐system has been modulated by enhancing the push–pull character with
highly asymmetrical substitution for dye‐sensitized solar cells for the first time. Namely, both …

Effects of bulky substituents of push–pull porphyrins on photovoltaic properties of dye-sensitized solar cells

T Higashino, K Kawamoto, K Sugiura… - … Applied Materials & …, 2016 - ACS Publications
To evaluate the effects of substituent bulkiness around a porphyrin core on the photovoltaic
properties of porphyrin-sensitized solar cells, long alkoxy groups were introduced at the …