Dye-sensitized solar cells strike back

AB Muñoz-García, I Benesperi, G Boschloo… - Chemical Society …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs) are celebrating their 30th birthday and they are attracting
a wealth of research efforts aimed at unleashing their full potential. In recent years, DSCs …

Insight on the choice of sensitizers/dyes for dye sensitized solar cells: A review

A Sen, MH Putra, AK Biswas, AK Behera, A Groβ - Dyes and Pigments, 2023 - Elsevier
In this review, a discussion on renewable sources of energy with clear focus on solar cell
applications is presented. Especially, possible future directions for development of dye …

Molecular engineering strategies for fabricating efficient porphyrin-based dye-sensitized solar cells

K Zeng, Z Tong, L Ma, WH Zhu, W Wu… - Energy & Environmental …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs), as a cost effective and eco-friendly photovoltaic
technology for utilizing solar energy, are promising in meeting the increasing demand of …

Efficient solar cells based on concerted companion dyes containing two complementary components: an alternative approach for cosensitization

K Zeng, Y Chen, WH Zhu, H Tian… - Journal of the American …, 2020 - ACS Publications
With the purpose to achieve panchromatic absorption for constructing efficient dye-
sensitized solar cells (DSSCs), the cosensitization approach of using two dyes with …

Applications of porphyrins in emerging energy conversion technologies

JM Park, JH Lee, WD Jang - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
Porphyrins are composed of four pyrrolic subunits interconnected via methine bridges to
form fully conjugated 18 π electron-containing aromatic macrocycles. This macrocyclic …

Renaissance of fused porphyrins: substituted methylene-bridged thiophene-fused strategy for high-performance dye-sensitized solar cells

Y Kurumisawa, T Higashino, S Nimura… - Journal of the …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Over the last decades, porphyrin sensitizers have made a remarkable contribution to
performance improvement in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). In particular, versatile push …

Redox shuttle-based electrolytes for dye-sensitized solar cells: comprehensive guidance, recent progress, and future perspective

Masud, HK Kim - ACS omega, 2023 - ACS Publications
A redox electrolyte is a crucial part of dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs), which plays a
significant role in the photovoltage and photocurrent of the DSSCs through efficient dye …

Influence of the π-bridge-fused ring and acceptor unit extension in D− π–A-structured organic dyes for highly efficient dye-sensitized solar cells

JM Ji, HJ Lee, H Zhou, YK Eom, CH Kim… - ACS Applied Materials …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Three new D− π–A-structured organic dyes, coded as SGT-138, SGT-150, and SGT-151,
with the expansion of π-conjugation in the π-bridge and acceptor parts have been …

D-π-A structured porphyrin and organic dyes with easily synthesizable donor units for low-cost and efficient dye-sensitized solar cells

H Zhou, JM Ji, HS Lee, Masud… - … Applied Materials & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
This study aimed to develop low-cost D-π-A structured porphyrin and organic dyes with
easily synthesizable donor units instead of the conventional complex multistep synthetic …

The role of the donor group and electron-accepting substitutions inserted in π-linkers in tuning the optoelectronic properties of D–π–A dye-sensitized solar cells: a DFT …

H Roohi, N Mohtamadifar - RSC advances, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The design of low-cost and high-efficiency sensitizers is one of the most important factors in
the expansion of dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). To obtain effective sensitizer dyes for …