Quantum dot nanoscale heterostructures for solar energy conversion

RS Selinsky, Q Ding, MS Faber, JC Wright… - Chemical Society …, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Quantum dot nanoscale semiconductor heterostructures (QDHs) are a class of materials
potentially useful for integration into solar energy conversion devices. However, realizing the …

Dye sensitization solar cells: a critical assessment of the learning curve

H Tributsch - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2004 - Elsevier
The learning curve for dye sensitized solar cells is analyzed and tentatively compared with
the learning curve for classical solar cells. It appears that for one decade now the efficiency …

High-performance nanostructured inorganic− organic heterojunction solar cells

JA Chang, JH Rhee, SH Im, YH Lee, H Kim, SI Seok… - Nano …, 2010 - ACS Publications
We report all solid-state nanostructured inorganic− organic heterojunction solar cells
fabricated by depositing Sb2S3 and poly (3-hexylthiophene)(P3HT) on the surface of a …

New carbazole-based organic dyes with different acceptors for dye-sensitized solar cells: Synthesis, characterization, dssc fabrications and density functional theory …

MS Abusaif, M Fathy, MA Abu-Saied… - Journal of Molecular …, 2021 - Elsevier
Carbazole dyes applied in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) are essential class of organic
molecules. Two novel organic dyes DRA-BDC and DTB-BDC including rhodanine-3-acetic …

Performance of dye-sensitized solar cells fabricated with extracts from fruits of ivy gourd and flowers of red frangipani as sensitizers

V Shanmugam, S Manoharan, S Anandan… - … Acta Part A: Molecular …, 2013 - Elsevier
Natural dyes extracted from fruits of ivy gourd and flowers of red frangipani were used as
sensitizers to fabricate dye sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). The UV–Vis absorption …

CNT− CdTe versatile donor− acceptor nanohybrids

DM Guldi, GMA Rahman, V Sgobba… - Journal of the …, 2006 - ACS Publications
Single wall carbon nanotubes (SWNT) and multiwall carbon nanotubes (MWNT) were linked
to thioglycolic acid (TGA)-capped CdTe nanoparticles (NP) through electrostatic interactions …

New D-π-A type indole based chromogens for DSSC: design, synthesis and performance studies

DD Babu, SR Gachumale, S Anandan, AV Adhikari - Dyes and Pigments, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract Three new Donor-π-Acceptor type dyes D 1–3 carrying 3-(1-hexyl-1H-indol-3-yl)-2-
(thiophen-2-yl) acrylonitrile as backbone with three different acceptor units were designed …

Synthesis of D-(π-A) 2 organic chromophores for dye-sensitized solar cells

S Ramkumar, S Manoharan, S Anandan - Dyes and Pigments, 2012 - Elsevier
New bi-anchoring donor-π-acceptor (D-π-A) metal-free organic dyes based on
diphenylamine, carbazole as donor, cyano vinyl biphenyl as a π-linker and cyanoacrylic …

Green grasses as light harvesters in dye sensitized solar cells

V Shanmugam, S Manoharan, A Sharafali… - … Acta Part A: Molecular …, 2015 - Elsevier
Chlorophylls, the major pigments presented in plants are responsible for the process of
photosynthesis. The working principle of dye sensitized solar cell (DSSC) is analogous to …

Synthesis of bianchored metal free organic dyes for dye sensitized solar cells

S Ramkumar, S Anandan - Dyes and Pigments, 2013 - Elsevier
Two bianchored metal free organic dyes (Car-th-CN and Dpa-th-CN) were designed and
synthesized for DSSC application, in which carbazole or diphenylamine moieties were used …