Aqueous dye-sensitized solar cells

F Bella, C Gerbaldi, C Barolo, M Grätzel - Chemical Society Reviews, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Nowadays, dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) are the most extensively investigated
systems for the conversion of solar energy into electricity, particularly for implementation in …

Sensitizers for Aqueous‐Based Solar Cells

CT Li, RYY Lin, JT Lin - Chemistry–An Asian Journal, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Aqueous dye‐sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) are attractive due to their sustainability, the use
of water as a safe solvent for the redox mediators, and their possible applications in …

Photoanode/electrolyte interface stability in aqueous dye‐sensitized solar cells

S Galliano, F Bella, C Gerbaldi, M Falco… - Energy …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
O'Regan and Grätzel conceived a dye‐sensitized solar cell (DSSC), which operates as an
artificial photosynthetic system converting solar light into electricity. Nevertheless, it is only …

Anchoring Modes of Ru-Based N719 Dye onto Titania Substrates

SG Adhikari, JR Gascooke, AS Alotabi… - The Journal of …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Dye anchoring plays a vital role in determining cell efficiency and extensively influences the
stability of dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). The investigation and characterization of the …

Solvent Effects on the Adsorption Geometry and Electronic Structure of Dye-Sensitized TiO2: A First-Principles Investigation

E Mosconi, A Selloni, F De Angelis - The Journal of Physical …, 2012 - ACS Publications
The performance of dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) depends significantly on the
adsorption geometry of the dye on the semiconductor surface. In turn, the stability and …

Degradation of cyanoacrylic acid‐based organic sensitizers in dye‐sensitized solar cells

C Chen, X Yang, M Cheng, F Zhang, L Sun - ChemSusChem, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Organic dyes have become widely used in dye‐sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) because of
their good performance, flexible structural modifications, and low costs. To increase the …

Status of dye solar cell technology as a guideline for further research

A Hinsch, W Veurman, H Brandt… - …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Recently, the first commercial dye solar cell (DSC) products based on the mesoscopic
principle were successfully launched. Introduction to the market has been accompanied by a …

Preventing dye aggregation on ZnO by adding water in the dye-sensitization process

R Scholin, M Quintana, EMJ Johansson… - The Journal of …, 2011 - ACS Publications
ZnO based dye-sensitized solar cells have been studied using N719 and Z-907 as
sensitizing dyes, with and without including water to the dye solution. The solar cells have …

Capturing interfacial photoelectrochemical dynamics with picosecond time-resolved X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy

S Neppl, A Shavorskiy, I Zegkinoglou, M Fraund… - Faraday …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Time-resolved core-level spectroscopy using laser pulses to initiate and short X-ray pulses
to trace photoinduced processes has the unique potential to provide electronic state-and …

Extreme sensitivity of dye solar cells to UV‐induced degradation

A Poskela, K Miettunen, A Tiihonen… - Energy Science & …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Present practice to avoid harmful effects of UV light on dye solar cells (DSC) is to use a UV
filter. However, we show here that a standard 400 nm UV cutoff filter offers inadequate …