Cause, regulation and utilization of dye aggregation in dye-sensitized solar cells

F Xu, TT Testoff, L Wang, X Zhou - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
As an important member of third generation solar cell, dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs)
have the advantages of being low cost, having an easy fabrication process, utilizing rich raw …

The effect of H‐and J‐aggregation on the photophysical and photovoltaic properties of small thiophene–pyridine–DPP molecules for bulk‐heterojunction solar cells

M Más‐Montoya, RAJ Janssen - Advanced Functional …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The performance of organic semiconductors in optoelectronic devices depends on the
functional properties of the individual molecules and their mutual orientations when they are …

Organic salt photovoltaics

M Bates, RR Lunt - Sustainable Energy & Fuels, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
In this article we review the development of organic salts integrated in organic photovoltaics
(OPVs) and the potential capabilities that organic salts enable in OPV devices. Organic salts …

Rhodamine 6G structural changes in water/ethanol mixed solvent

M Chapman, WB Euler - Journal of Fluorescence, 2018 - Springer
In water rhodamine 6G (Rh6G) tends to form aggregates at higher concentrations while in
ethanol the aggregation is minimal. The extent of aggregation can be controlled by changing …

Structural evolution of ultrathin films of rhodamine 6G on glass

M Chapman, M Mullen, E Novoa-Ortega… - The Journal of …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Self-organized rhodamine 6G (Rh6G) thin films on a glass substrate were prepared by spin-
coating, dip-coating, and drop-coating. The thickness of the Rh6G layer strongly influences …

Broad absorption natural dye (Mondo-Grass berry) for dye sensitized solar cell

LA DeSilva, P Pitigala, A Gaquere-Parker… - Journal of Materials …, 2017 - Springer
Two major drawbacks in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSC) are the narrow spectral response
and the short-term stability. Research on development of artificial dyes for a broad frequency …

Excitonic photovoltaic effect in a cyanine dye molecular assembly electronically coupled to n-and p-type semiconductors

PKDD Pitigala, MM Henary, EA Owens… - … of Photochemistry and …, 2016 - Elsevier
A solar cell of configuration N-[DDD----D]-P with a molecularly organized dye J-aggregate
[DDD---D] electronically coupled to n-and p-type semiconductors is illustrated by fabricating …

Effects of physical orientation of dye molecules and molecular orbitals on performance of solid-state dye sensitized solar cells

P Pitigala, MM Henary, AGU Perera - Materials Today: Proceedings, 2020 - Elsevier
Performance of Dye-sensitized devices depends on the photon absorption and carrier
injection properties of the sensitizer (dye). The orientation of the dye molecule affects the …

Localization in space and time in disordered-lattice open quantum dynamics

S Genway, I Lesanovsky, JP Garrahan - Physical Review E, 2014 - APS
We study a two-dimensional tight-binding lattice for excitons with on-site disorder, coupled to
a thermal environment at infinite temperature. The disorder acts to localize an exciton …

Conduction Mechanism and Photo-Electrochemical Performance of Copper Iodide Hole Transport Material-Based Perovskite Solar Cell

M Srivastava, MA Alheity, MZA Yahya… - Journal of Electronic …, 2023 - Springer
Perovskite solar cells have garnered the attention of researchers in recent years as they
have been able to attain high efficiency within a short time. In the present study, the hybrid …