Catechols are found in nature taking part in a remarkably broad scope of biochemical
processes and functions. Though not exclusively, such versatility may be traced back to …

As the world's population increases and substantial industrial growth continues, the energy
demands of society increase rapidly. Although the earth's oil, natural gas, and coal deposits …

Dye‐sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) based on organic dyes adsorbed on oxide
semiconductor electrodes, such as TiO2, ZnO, or NiO, which have emerged as a new …

In this perspective, we present an overview of the determination of excited-state properties of
“real-life” dyes, and notably of their optical absorption and emission spectra, performed …

Porphyrin molecules offer immense potential as the light harvesting component of dye-
sensitised nanocrystalline TiO2 solar cells. Synthetic porphyrin dyes were amongst the first …

Time dependent density functional theory (TD-DFT) calculations have been carried out to
study the electronic structure and the optical properties of five coumarin based dyes: C343 …

A series of organic sensitizers with the direct electron injection mechanism and a high molar
extinction coefficient comprising double donors, a π-spacer, and anchoring acceptor groups …

Herein we investigate three quinoid zwitterionic dye sensitizers having donor–donor (4-
dimethylaniline; ZIDM), donor–acceptor (4-dimethylaniline and 4-benzoic acid; ZIMCA), and …

Two donor-π-spacer-acceptor (D-π-A) organic dyes were designed as photochromic dyes
with the same π-spacer and acceptor but different donors, based on their electron-donating …

Dye-sensitizers designed from coumarin backbone are widely utilized in solar light
harvesting due to their versatile performance in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSC). They are …