Humankind is currently heavily reliant on fossil fuel for its energy supply. However, fossil
fuels are a nonrenewable source. It requires hundreds of millions of years for fossil fuels to …

Environmental pollution and destruction as well as the lack of sufficient clean and natural
energy resources are some of the most serious problems presently faced on a global scale …

Metal nanoparticles are excellent light absorbers. The absorption processes create highly
excited electron–hole pairs, and recently there has been interest in harnessing these hot …

At the end of last century, the possibility to use devices based on molecular components for
the construction of a robust large-scale solar electricity production facility seemed utopic. But …

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 …

The semiconductor and the surface-adsorbed antenna molecule (dyes or other color
species) can constitute efficient photochemical systems for environmental remediation. The …

Since its commercial production in the early twentieth century, titanium dioxide (TiO2) has
been widely used as a pigment1 and in sunscreens, 2, 3 paints, 4 ointments, toothpaste, 5 …

Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs) have gained widespread interest because of their
potential for low-cost solar energy conversion. Currently, the certified record efficiency of …

The emergence of semiconductor nanocrystals as the building blocks of nanotechnology
has opened up new ways to utilize them in next generation solar cells. This paper focuses …

The increasing energy demand in the near future will force us to seek environmentally clean
alternative energy resources. The emergence of nanomaterials as the new building blocks …