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 …

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 …

Rational design criteria for D–π–A structured organic and porphyrin sensitizers for highly efficient dye-sensitized solar cells

JM Ji, H Zhou, HK Kim - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Increasing energy consumption worldwide and environmental concerns about global
warming have attracted great interest in the development of renewable and eco-friendly …

Ultrafast electron dynamics in solar energy conversion

CS Ponseca Jr, P Chábera, J Uhlig, P Persson… - Chemical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Electrons are the workhorses of solar energy conversion. Conversion of the energy of light to
electricity in photovoltaics, or to energy-rich molecules (solar fuel) through photocatalytic …

Recent advances in improving the stability of perovskite solar cells

NH Tiep, Z Ku, HJ Fan - Advanced Energy Materials, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Organometal trihalide perovskites have recently emerged as promising materials for low‐
cost, high‐efficiency solar cells. In less than five years, the efficiency of perovskite solar cells …

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 …

Porphyrin cosensitization for a photovoltaic efficiency of 11.5%: a record for non-ruthenium solar cells based on iodine electrolyte

Y Xie, Y Tang, W Wu, Y Wang, J Liu, X Li… - Journal of the …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) are promising for utilizing solar energy. To achieve high
efficiencies, it is vital to synergistically improve the photocurrent (J sc) and the photovoltage …

Molecular designs, synthetic strategies, and properties for porphyrins as sensitizers in dye-sensitized solar cells

Y Zhang, T Higashino, H Imahori - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
During the past decades, many efforts have been made to develop porphyrin sensitizers for
dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) due to their easy fabrication, low-cost production, and …

Modification on the quinoxaline unit to achieve high open-circuit voltage and morphology optimization for organic solar cells

Z Chen, J Ge, Y Guo, M Zhao, J Shi, Y Qiu… - ACS Energy …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Core engineering plays a vital role in the construction of efficient non-fullerene acceptors.
Here, we synthesized a molecule named QX, based on the core of quinoxaline, and by …

Device characteristics and material developments of indoor photovoltaic devices

A Venkateswararao, JKW Ho, SK So, SW Liu… - Materials Science and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Indoor photovoltaics (IPVs), which convert the indoor light energy into direct electricity, have
attracted research attention due to their potential use as an excellent amicable solution of …