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 …

Electrolytes in dye-sensitized solar cells

J Wu, Z Lan, J Lin, M Huang, Y Huang, L Fan… - Chemical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
In 2003, Nobel Laureate Richard E. Smalley outlined humanity's top 10 problems for the
next 50 years. 1 The top problem is energy (Figure 1). Human society is facing a global …

Porphyrin-sensitized solar cells with cobalt (II/III)–based redox electrolyte exceed 12 percent efficiency

A Yella, HW Lee, HN Tsao, C Yi, AK Chandiran… - science, 2011 - science.org
The iodide/triiodide redox shuttle has limited the efficiencies accessible in dye-sensitized
solar cells. Here, we report mesoscopic solar cells that incorporate a Co (II/III) tris (bipyridyl) …

All-solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells with high efficiency

I Chung, B Lee, J He, RPH Chang, MG Kanatzidis - Nature, 2012 - nature.com
Dye-sensitized solar cells based on titanium dioxide (TiO2) are promising low-cost
alternatives to conventional solid-state photovoltaic devices based on materials such as Si …

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 …

The renaissance of dye-sensitized solar cells

BE Hardin, HJ Snaith, MD McGehee - Nature photonics, 2012 - nature.com
Several recent major advances in the design of dyes and electrolytes for dye-sensitized
solar cells have led to record power-conversion efficiencies. Donor–pi–acceptor dyes …

A molecular photosensitizer achieves a Voc of 1.24 V enabling highly efficient and stable dye-sensitized solar cells with copper(II/I)-based electrolyte

D Zhang, M Stojanovic, Y Ren, Y Cao… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
To develop photosensitizers with high open-circuit photovoltage (V oc) is a crucial strategy
to enhance the power conversion efficiency (PCE) of co-sensitized solar cells. Here, we …

Supramolecular halogen bond passivation of organic–inorganic halide perovskite solar cells

A Abate, M Saliba, DJ Hollman, SD Stranks… - Nano …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Organic–inorganic halide perovskites, such as CH3NH3PbX3 (X= I–, Br–, Cl–), are attracting
growing interest to prepare low-cost solar cells that are capable of converting sunlight to …

Air-Stable Molecular Semiconducting Iodosalts for Solar Cell Applications: Cs2SnI6 as a Hole Conductor

B Lee, CC Stoumpos, N Zhou, F Hao… - Journal of the …, 2014 - ACS Publications
We introduce a new class of molecular iodosalt compounds for application in next-
generation solar cells. Unlike tin-based perovskite compounds CsSnI3 and CH3NH3SnI3 …

Advancements, frontiers and analysis of metal oxide semiconductor, dye, electrolyte and counter electrode of dye sensitized solar cell

A Agrawal, SA Siddiqui, A Soni, GD Sharma - Solar Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
The Dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) is globally investigated technology due to their
attractive characteristics such as low-cost, simple fabrication, flexible, transparent, variety of …