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 …

Dye-sensitized solar cells

A Hagfeldt, G Boschloo, L Sun, L Kloo… - Chemical …, 2010 - ACS Publications
At the end of last century, the possibility to use devices based on molecular components for
the construction of a robust large-scale solar electricity production facility seemed utopic. But …

Constructing high-efficiency D–A− π–A-featured solar cell sensitizers: a promising building block of 2, 3-diphenylquinoxaline for antiaggregation and photostability

K Pei, Y Wu, A Islam, Q Zhang, L Han… - … Applied Materials & …, 2013 - ACS Publications
Controlling the sensitizer morphology on a nanocrystalline TiO2 surface is beneficial to
facilitating electron injection and suppressing charge recombination. Given that the grafted …

Interfacial Charge Recombination Between e−TiO2 and the I/I3 Electrolyte in Ruthenium Heteroleptic Complexes: Dye Molecular Structure−Open Circuit …

A Reynal, A Forneli, E Martinez-Ferrero… - Journal of the …, 2008 - ACS Publications
A series of heteroleptic ruthenium (II) polypyridyl complexes containing phenanthroline
ligands have been designed, synthesized, and characterized. The spectroscopic and …

Recent Developments in Dye‐Sensitized Solar Cells

N Sharifi, F Tajabadi, N Taghavinia - ChemPhysChem, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The knowledge of dye‐sensitized solar cells (DSCs) has expanded considerably in recent
years. They are multiparameter and complex systems that work only if various parameters …

Flexible energy generation and storage devices: focus on key role of heterocyclic solid-state organic ionic conductors

JV Vaghasiya, CC Mayorga-Martinez… - Chemical Society …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
An evolving trend toward the ever-growing market of portable and wearable electronics has
accelerated development in the construction of multifunctional energy generation and …

Dye sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) based on modified iron phthalocyanine nanostructured TiO2 electrode and PEDOT: PSS counter electrode

P Balraju, M Kumar, MS Roy, GD Sharma - Synthetic Metals, 2009 - Elsevier
An iron phthalocyanine with tetra-sulphonated substituents (FeTsPc) was used as
photosentizer for the development of dye sensitized nanostructured TiO2 solar cells. The …

Improved performance induced by in situ ligand exchange reactions of copper bipyridyl redox couples in dye-sensitized solar cells

Y Wang, TW Hamann - Chemical Communications, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Copper bipyridyl redox couples are intresting mediators for dye-sensitized solar cells
(DSSCs). Here we show that the electrolyte additive 4-tert-butylpyridine (TBP) actually …

Effect of electrolyte conductivity, co-additives and mixed cation iodide salts on efficiency enhancement in dye sensitized solar cells with acetonitrile-free electrolyte

M Dissanayake, K Umair, GKR Senadeera… - … of Photochemistry and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Electrolyte modifications in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) provide a convenient way to
enhance their photovoltaic performance. In this work, the synergistic effect of the two mixed …

[HTML][HTML] Developments in and prospects for photocathodic and tandem dye-sensitized solar cells

A Nattestad, I Perera, L Spiccia - Journal of Photochemistry and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Third generation photovoltaics are based on the concept of providing high conversion
efficiencies with low device production costs. As such, second generation concepts, such as …