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 …

Photoanodes such as TiO2, sensitizers, electrolytes, and photocathodes play important roles
in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). Organic materials are often used for these …

In order to sustainably support its ever-increasing energy demand, the human society will
have to harvest renewable energy wherever and whenever possible. When converting light …

Nanocarbon materials play a critical role in the development of new or improved
technologies and devices for sustainable production and use of renewable energy. This …

The recent progress made in the period 2010–2012 in the preparation and application of
polyaniline (PANI) composites with metals, metalloids and nonmetals is reviewed. A …

Abstract Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells (DSSCs) or Grätzel cells have attracted widespread
attention due to their low cost, ease of fabrication, and reasonably good photochemical …

Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) are low-cost photovoltaic devices that provide a high
energy conversion efficiency of 11%.[1] High conversion efficiency, good stability, and easy …

Discrete spherical polypyrrole (PPy) nanoparticles with a uniform diameter of∼ 85 nm and
electrical conductivity of∼ 10 S cm− 1 were fabricated by chemical oxidative polymerization …

Temperature is probably the most important outdoor variable that affects the photovoltaic
performance of the dye sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). Overall stability of DSSCs depends …

Although the very first papers on conducting polymers were published almost 30 years ago,
the importance and interest in this class of material have since been continuously renewed …