Insight on the choice of sensitizers/dyes for dye sensitized solar cells: A review

A Sen, MH Putra, AK Biswas, AK Behera, A Groβ - Dyes and Pigments, 2023 - Elsevier
In this review, a discussion on renewable sources of energy with clear focus on solar cell
applications is presented. Especially, possible future directions for development of dye …

Titanium dioxide nanomaterials for photovoltaic applications

Y Bai, I Mora-Sero, F De Angelis, J Bisquert… - Chemical …, 2014 - ACS Publications
The continuous increase of the world's population, together with the substantial
development of industry has brought about imperious demand for larger energy …

Doping of TiO 2 for sensitized solar cells

B Roose, S Pathak, U Steiner - Chemical Society Reviews, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
This review gives a detailed summary and evaluation of the use of TiO2 doping to improve
the performance of dye sensitized solar cells. Doping has a major effect on the band …

Theoretical Studies on Anatase and Less Common TiO2 Phases: Bulk, Surfaces, and Nanomaterials

F De Angelis, C Di Valentin, S Fantacci… - Chemical …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Driven by growing concerns for environmental and energy issues, interest in semiconductor-
based heterogeneous photocatalysis has increased considerably over the last decades …

First-principles study on transition metal-doped anatase TiO2

Y Wang, R Zhang, J Li, L Li, S Lin - Nanoscale research letters, 2014 - Springer
The electronic structures, formation energies, and band edge positions of anatase TiO 2
doped with transition metals have been analyzed by ab initio band calculations based on …

Crystallography and properties of polyoxotitanate nanoclusters

P Coppens, Y Chen, E Trzop - Chemical reviews, 2014 - ACS Publications
Polyoxotitanate nanoparticles play a crucial role as anodes in photovoltaic cells, 1 and as
photocatalysts in processes such as the oxidation of organic compounds in polluted air and …

Influence of the dye molecular structure on the TiO 2 conduction band in dye-sensitized solar cells: disentangling charge transfer and electrostatic effects

E Ronca, M Pastore, L Belpassi, F Tarantelli… - Energy & …, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
We report a thorough theoretical and computational investigation of the effect of dye
adsorption on the TiO2 conduction band energy in dye-sensitized solar cells that is aimed at …

The gratzel cell: where next?

LM Peter - The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2011 - ACS Publications
Twenty years after O'Regan and Grätzel's seminal Nature paper entitled “A Low-Cost, High-
Efficiency Solar-Cell Based on Dye-Sensitized Colloidal TiO2 Films”, dye-sensitized solar …

Cobalt electrolyte/dye interactions in dye-sensitized solar cells: a combined computational and experimental study

E Mosconi, JH Yum, F Kessler… - Journal of the …, 2012 - ACS Publications
We report a combined experimental and computational investigation to understand the
nature of the interactions between cobalt redox mediators and TiO2 surfaces sensitized by …

Contributions to the development of ruthenium-based sensitizers for dye-sensitized solar cells

GC Vougioukalakis, AI Philippopoulos… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2011 - Elsevier
The present review article traces the discoveries that were instrumental to the evolution of
DSSCs, taking a critical look at the principles of the operation mechanism and insisting on …