Anchoring groups for dye-sensitized solar cells

L Zhang, JM Cole - ACS applied materials & interfaces, 2015 - ACS Publications
The dyes in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) require one or more chemical substituents
that can act as an anchor, enabling their adsorption onto a metal oxide substrate. This …

A surface science perspective on TiO2 photocatalysis

MA Henderson - Surface Science Reports, 2011 - Elsevier
The field of surface science provides a unique approach to understanding bulk, surface and
interfacial phenomena occurring during TiO 2 photocatalysis. This review highlights, from a …

Photophysical and electrochemical properties, and molecular structures of organic dyes for dye‐sensitized solar cells

Y Ooyama, Y Harima - ChemPhysChem, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Inverted organic photovoltaic cells

K Wang, C Liu, T Meng, C Yi, X Gong - Chemical Society Reviews, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
The advance in lifestyle, modern industrialization and future technological revolution are
always at high expense of energy consumption. Unfortunately, there exist serious issues …

Theoretical Studies of Photoinduced Electron Transfer in Dye-Sensitized TiO2

WR Duncan, OV Prezhdo - Annu. Rev. Phys. Chem., 2007 - annualreviews.org
This review describes recent research into the properties of the chromophore-TiO2 interface
that forms the basis for photoinduced charge separation in dye-sensitized semiconductor …

A review of new methods of surface chemical modification, dispersion and electrophoretic deposition of metal oxide particles

MS Ata, Y Liu, I Zhitomirsky - Rsc Advances, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
A bio-inspired chemical approach has been developed for the surface modification,
dispersion and electrophoretic deposition (EPD) of metal oxide particles. The study of the …

Effect of chemical modification of fullerene-based self-assembled monolayers on the performance of inverted polymer solar cells

SK Hau, YJ Cheng, HL Yip, Y Zhang… - … Applied Materials & …, 2010 - ACS Publications
The interface of electron-selective ZnO in inverted polymer bulk-heterojunction (BHJ) solar
cells was modified with a series of fullerene-based self-assembled monolayers (C60-SAM) …

Efficient electron injection due to a special adsorbing group's combination of carboxyl and hydroxyl: dye-sensitized solar cells based on new hemicyanine dyes

YS Chen, C Li, ZH Zeng, WB Wang, XS Wang… - Journal of Materials …, 2005 - pubs.rsc.org
A series of new benzothiazolium hemicyanine dyes (HC-1, HC-2, HC-3, HC-4, and HC-5 in
Scheme 1) were designed and synthesized for sensitization of nanocrystalline TiO2 …

Time-Domain ab Initio Study of Charge Relaxation and Recombination in Dye-Sensitized TiO2

WR Duncan, CF Craig, OV Prezhdo - Journal of the American …, 2007 - ACS Publications
In order to investigate the electron dynamics at the alizarin/I2-/TiO2 interface this study uses
a novel state-of-the-art quantum-classical approach that combines time-dependent density …

A Strategy To Increase the Efficiency of the Dye-Sensitized TiO2 Solar Cells Operated by Photoexcitation of Dye-to-TiO2 Charge-Transfer Bands

EL Tae, SH Lee, JK Lee, SS Yoo… - The Journal of …, 2005 - ACS Publications
Dye-sensitized nanoporous TiO2 solar cells (DSSCs) can be classified into two types,
namely, Type-I and Type-II. Type-I DSSCs are the DSSCs in which electrons are injected …