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 …

Aqueous dye-sensitized solar cells

F Bella, C Gerbaldi, C Barolo, M Grätzel - Chemical Society Reviews, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Nowadays, dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) are the most extensively investigated
systems for the conversion of solar energy into electricity, particularly for implementation in …

[HTML][HTML] Functionalized metal oxide nanoparticles for efficient dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs): A review

DK Kumar, J Kříž, N Bennett, B Chen… - Materials Science for …, 2020 - Elsevier
Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) are a next-generation photovoltaic energy conversion
technology due to their low cost, ability to fabrication on various substrates, structural …

Designing interfaces in energy materials applications with first-principles calculations

KT Butler, G Sai Gautam, P Canepa - npj Computational Materials, 2019 - nature.com
Materials for energy-related applications, which are crucial for a sustainable energy
economy, rely on combining materials that form complex heterogenous interfaces …

Native defects in ZnO: effect on dye adsorption and photocatalytic degradation

F Liu, YH Leung, AB Djurisic, AMC Ng… - The Journal of Physical …, 2013 - ACS Publications
We investigated the influence of native defects on the adsorption and photocatalytic
degradation of anionic and cationic dyes for different ZnO nanoparticles. We found that there …

Modeling materials and processes in hybrid/organic photovoltaics: from dye-sensitized to perovskite solar cells

F De Angelis - Accounts of chemical research, 2014 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Over the last 2 decades, researchers have invested enormous research effort
into hybrid/organic photovoltaics, leading to the recent launch of the first commercial …

Variation in Optoelectronic Properties of Azo Dye-Sensitized TiO2 Semiconductor Interfaces with Different Adsorption Anchors: Carboxylate, Sulfonate, Hydroxyl and …

L Zhang, JM Cole, C Dai - ACS applied materials & interfaces, 2014 - ACS Publications
The optoelectronic properties of four azo dye-sensitized TiO2 interfaces are systematically
studied as a function of a changing dye anchoring group: carboxylate, sulfonate, hydroxyl …

Insight into the optoelectronic properties of designed solar cells efficient tetrahydroquinoline dye-sensitizers on TiO2(101) surface: first principles approach

JK Roy, S Kar, J Leszczynski - Scientific Reports, 2018 - nature.com
Seven 'lead'dye-sensitizers from Tetrahydroquinoline (THQ) family were proposed and
designed based on the structural attributes via quantitative-structure property relationship …

Preferential and efficient degradation of phenolic pollutants with cooperative hydrogen-bond interactions in photocatalytic process

J Zhang, M Xie, H Zhao, L Zhang, G Wei, G Zhao - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
Phenolic pollutants as highly toxic and hazardous organics are widely generated from
industrial and domestic process. Phenolic pollutants with different hydroxyl position …

A quasi-solid state DSSC with 10.1% efficiency through molecular design of the charge-separation and-transport

M Suzuka, N Hayashi, T Sekiguchi, K Sumioka… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Organic-based solar cells potentially offer a photovoltaic module with low production costs
and low hazard risk of the components. We report organic dye-sensitized solar cells …