The basic physical and chemical principles behind the dye-sensitized nanocrystalline solar
cell (DSC: also known as the Grätzel cell after its inventor) are outlined in order to clarify the …

Interfacial electron transfer (ET) between molecular adsorbates and semiconductor
nanoparticles has been a subject of intense recent interest. In this paper, we review our …

New chromophores were explored for use in dye-sensitized solar cells. The attachment of
various di-carboxylated cyanine dyes to nanocrystalline TiO2 was examined …

Electron injection rates from Ru (dcbpy) 2 (X) 2 [X= 2NCS, 2CN, and dcbpy; dcbpy= 2, 2 '-
bipyridine-4, 4 '-carboxylate](called Ru535 or Ru N3, Ru505, and Ru470) to TiO2 …

Transient absorption spectroscopy has been used to probe the electron injection dynamics
of transition metal polypyridyl complexes adsorbed onto nanocrystalline TiO2 …

The ground-and excited-state electronic structures of the photosensitizer bis (4, 4 '-
dicarboxylato-2, 2 '-bipyridine)-bis (isothiocyanato) ruthenium (II),[RuL '2 (NCS) 2] 4-(where …

By application of 20 fs laser pulses, vibrational wave packets of low-energy modes (mainly
357 and 421 cm-1) were generated in the perylene chromophore that gave rise to periodic …

The dynamics of heterogeneous electron transfer (ET) from the polycyclic aromatic
chromophore perylene to nanostructured TiO2 anatase was investigated for two different …

The electron-transfer rate from methylene-bridged molecular adsorbates to SnO2
semiconductor nanocrystalline film was systematically investigated for short bridge lengths …

Photo-induced electron transfer from a surface attached dye molecule to the band levels of a
semiconductor is modeled via an electronic–vibronic quasicontinuum. The description …