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 …

The role of the donor group and electron-accepting substitutions inserted in π-linkers in tuning the optoelectronic properties of D–π–A dye-sensitized solar cells: a DFT …

H Roohi, N Mohtamadifar - RSC advances, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The design of low-cost and high-efficiency sensitizers is one of the most important factors in
the expansion of dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). To obtain effective sensitizer dyes for …

Synthesis of innovative triphenylamine-functionalized organic photosensitizers outperformed the benchmark dye N719 for high-efficiency dye-sensitized solar cells

SA Badawy, E Abdel-Latif, AA Fadda, MR Elmorsy - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Herein, we present a thorough photovoltaic investigation of four triphenylamine organic
sensitizers with D–π–A configurations and compare their photovoltaic performances to the …

Theoretical modelling of metal-based and metal-free dye sensitizers for efficient dye-sensitized solar cells: A review

W Wu, Y Li, J Zhang, X Guo, L Wang, H Ågren - Solar Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Motivated by the great importance of fundamental research in finding new and improved
pathways to harvest energy from the sun, the present review provides an account of …

The performance of organic dyes in dye-sensitized solar cells: From theoretical calculation to experiment

Y Liu, Z Li, S Huang, W Shao, X Kong, Z Hu, W Wu… - Dyes and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Herein, two phenothiazine-based organic molecules PTZ-6 and PTZ-19 were designed and
synthesized. Firstly, the molecular structures were optimized through density functional …

Theoretical investigation of fused N-methyl-dithieno-pyrrole derivatives in the context of acceptor–donor–acceptor approach

T Chutia, DJ Kalita - RSC advances, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
In this work we have theoretically investigated the optoelectronic properties of a series of
acceptor–donor–acceptor type molecules by employing density functional theory formalism …

Designing of PC31BM‐based acceptors for dye‐sensitized solar cell

D Paul, U Sarkar - Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Three push‐pull dyes with triphenylamine as donor, thiophene as spacer and fullerene‐
based acceptors have been designed using density functional theory (DFT) for dye …

Boosting the Performance of Diketopyrrolopyrrole-Triphenylamine-Based Organic Solar Cells via π-Linker Engineering

R Deka, DJ Kalita - The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2024 - ACS Publications
The design and development of novel and efficient donor–π–acceptor (D–π–A) type
conjugated systems has attracted substantial interest in the field of organic electronics owing …

Tuning the charge transfer and optoelectronic properties of tetrathiafulvalene based organic dye-sensitized solar cells: a theoretical approach

SR Bora, DJ Kalita - RSC advances, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Here, we have designed a series of dyes following the donor–π–acceptor (D–π–A)
architecture by incorporating tetrathiafulvalene (TTF) as the donor unit and phthalazine …

Photovoltaic performance and power conversion efficiency prediction of double fence porphyrins

C Yang, P Song, RM El-Shishtawy, F Ma… - Physical Chemistry …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
To explore high efficiency dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs), two experimentally derived
(single fence and double fence porphyrins) and two theoretically designed zinc porphyrin …