Recent advances in water/alcohol-soluble π-conjugated materials: new materials and growing applications in solar cells

C Duan, K Zhang, C Zhong, F Huang… - Chemical Society Reviews, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Water/alcohol-soluble conjugated polymers (WSCPs) and small molecules (WSCSs) are
materials that can be processed from water or other polar solvents. They provide good …

Polymer solar cells

H Hoppe, NS Sariciftci - Photoresponsive Polymers II, 2008 - Springer
Polymer solar cells, a highly innovative research area for the last decade until today, are
currentlymaturing with respect to understanding of their fundamental processes of operation …

The effect of heat treatment on the physical properties of sol–gel derived ZnO thin films

D Raoufi, T Raoufi - Applied surface science, 2009 - Elsevier
Zinc oxide (ZnO) thin films were deposited on microscope glass substrates by sol–gel spin
coating method. Zinc acetate (ZnAc) dehydrate was used as the starting salt material source …

Significant Efficiency Improvement of the Black Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell through Protonation of TiO2 Films

ZS Wang, T Yamaguchi, H Sugihara, H Arakawa - Langmuir, 2005 - ACS Publications
This paper describes the influence of acid pretreatment of TiO2 mesoporous films prior to
dye sensitization on the performance of dye-sensitized solar cells based on [(C4H9) 4N] 3 …

Photophysical and (photo) electrochemical properties of a coumarin dye

ZS Wang, K Hara, Y Dan-oh, C Kasada… - The Journal of …, 2005 - ACS Publications
A new coumarin dye, cyano-{5, 5-dimethyl-3-[2-(1, 1, 6, 6-tetramethyl-10-oxo-2, 3, 5, 6-
tetrahydro-1 H, 4 H, 10 H-11-oxa-3a-aza-benzo [de] anthracen-9-yl) vinyl] cyclohex-2 …

Characteristics of Al-doped c-axis orientation ZnO thin films prepared by the sol–gel method

ZQ Xu, H Deng, Y Li, QH Guo, YR Li - Materials Research Bulletin, 2006 - Elsevier
Transparent conducting ZnO thin films doped with Al have been prepared by sol–gel
method, which were characterized by X-ray diffraction, atomic force microscopy and ultra …

Natural anthocyanins as photosensitizers for dye-sensitized solar devices

J Fernando, GKR Senadeera - Current Science, 2008 - JSTOR
Different natural pigments containing anthocyanins extracted from tropical flowers were
studied as possible sensitizers for TiO₂ by assembling dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs) …

Low-bandgap donor− acceptor conjugated polymer sensitizers for dye-sensitized solar cells

Z Fang, AA Eshbaugh, KS Schanze - Journal of the American …, 2011 - ACS Publications
A set of two donor− acceptor type conjugated polymers with carboxylic acid side groups
have been synthesized and utilized as active materials for dye-sensitized solar cells …

Ionic liquids

A Stark, KR Seddon - Kirk‐Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical …, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
This article deals with the literature on ionic liquids, with the focus on nomenclature,
preparation, and handling of the second‐generation ionic liquids. In the older (and some …

Compensation in Al-doped ZnO by Al-related acceptor complexes: synchrotron X-ray absorption spectroscopy and theory

J T-Thienprasert, S Rujirawat, W Klysubun… - Physical review …, 2013 - APS
The synchrotron x-ray absorption near edge structures (XANES) technique was used in
conjunction with first-principles calculations to characterize Al-doped ZnO films. Standard …