THE large-scale use of photovoltaic devices for electricity generation is prohibitively expensive at present: generation from existing commercial devices costs about ten times m...
Simultaneous modification of the dye and redox shuttle boosts the efficiency of a dye-sensitized solar cell.
Solar cells based on dye-sensitized mesoporous films of TiO2 arelow-cost alternatives to conventional solid-state devices1. Impressive solar-to-electrical energy conversion effi...
Chemical doping is an important strategy to alter the charge-transport properties of both molecular and polymeric organic semiconductors that find widespread application in orga...
Abstract In this paper, the pore filling of spiro‐OMeTAD (2,2′,7,7′‐tetrakis‐( N , N ‐di‐ p ‐methoxyphenylamine)9,9′‐spirobifluorene) in mesoporous TiO 2 films is quantified for...
The solar to electrical power conversion efficiency for dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs) incorporating a solid-state organic hole-transporter can be over 5%. However, this is f...
Abstract A detailed investigation of the effect of hole transport material (HTM) pore filling on the photovoltaic performance of solid‐state dye‐sensitized solar cells (ss‐DSCs)...
Until now, photovoltaics — the conversion of sunlight to electrical power — has been dominated by solid-state junction devices, often made of silicon. But this dominance is now ...
Abstract The dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) provides a technically and economically viable alternative concept to present-day p–n junction photovoltaic devices. In contrast to...
TiO2 powders with various surface hydroxyl densities have been prepared by thermal treatment (600–1000 °C), and their activity for photocatalytic oxygen evolution in aqueous sus...
We report on solid-state mesoscopic heterojunction solar cells employing nanoparticles (NPs) of methyl ammonium lead iodide (CH(3)NH(3))PbI(3) as light harvesters. The perovskit...
Inorganic-organic hybrid structures have become innovative alternatives for next-generation dye-sensitized solar cells, because they combine the advantages of both systems. Here...
We report for the first time on a hole conductor-free mesoscopic methylammonium lead iodide (CH(3)NH(3)PbI(3)) perovskite/TiO(2) heterojunction solar cell, produced by depositio...
The quality of human life depends to a large degree on the availability of energy. This is threatened unless renewable energy resources can be developed in the near future. Chem...
The dye-sensitized nanocrystalline injection solar cell employs transition metal complexes for spectral sensitization of mesoporous TiO(2) films together with suitable redox ele...
Perhaps the largest challenge for our global society is to find ways to replace the slowly but inevitably vanishing fossil fuel supplies by renewable resources and, at the same ...
Abstract A series of CN‐bridged trinuclear Ru complexes of the general structure [RuL 2 (μ‐(CN)Ru(CN)L 2 ′) 2 ] where L is 2,2′‐bipyridine‐4,4′‐dicarboxylic acid and L′ is 2,2′‐...
Low-temperature solution-processed materials that show optical gain and can be embedded into a wide range of cavity resonators are attractive for the realization of on-chip cohe...
A high surface area pn-heterojunction between TiO2 and an organic p-type charge transport material (spiro-OMeTAD) was sensitized to visible light using lead sulfide (PbS) quantu...
We report all solid-state nanostructured inorganic-organic heterojunction solar cells fabricated by depositing Sb(2)S(3) and poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) on the surface of a me...
The performance of solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells based on spiro-MeOTAD was considerably improved by controlling charge recombination across the interface of the heteroj...
We show that electron transport mechanisms in TiO(2) solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells (SDSCs) with spiro-OMeTAD as hole conductor are similar to those of high-performance ...
We compare a series of molecular sensitizers in dye-sensitized solar cells containing the organic hole transporter 2,2',7,7'-tetrakis(N,N-di-p-methoxypheny-amine)-9,9'-spirobifl...
The high molar absorption coefficient organic D-π-A dye C220 exhibits more than 6% certified electric power conversion efficiency at AM 1.5G solar irradiation (100 mW cm(-2)) in...
Solid-state nanocrystalline solar cells composed of chemical-bath-deposited Sb2S3 (antimony sulfide) as a light absorber layer deposited on nano-porous TiO2 and spiro-MeOTAD as ...
Solid state dye sensitized solar cells have been the focus of much attention over the past few years. We have recently been able to demonstrate efficiencies in excess of 4% and ...
We present an analytical and experimental investigation into the origin of the open-circuit voltage in the solid-state dye-sensitized solar cell. Through Kelvin probe microscopy...
Abstract An investigation of the function of an indolene‐based organic dye, termed D149, incorporated in to solid‐state dye‐sensitized solar cells using 2,2′,7,7′‐tetrakis( N , ...
Organic sensitizers comprising of donor, electron-conducting, and anchoring groups are designed and developed for dye-sensitized solar cell applications. A solar cell employing ...
Md. K. Nazeeruddin, P. Péchy and M. Grätzel, Chem. Commun., 1997, 1705 DOI: 10.1039/A703277C
We computationally investigate organometal CH3NH3PbX3 and mixed halide CH3NH3PbI2X perovskites (X = Cl, Br, I), which are key materials for high efficiency solid-state solar cel...
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