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 chromophore–catalyst assemblies for solar fuel applications

DL Ashford, MK Gish, AK Vannucci… - Chemical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
As the world's population increases, the US Department of Energy has estimated that energy
consumption will increase with it, increasing from 5.7× 1020 J in 2012 to 8.1× 1020 J in …

Degradation behavior of mixed and isolated aromatic ring containing VOCs: Langmuir-Hinshelwood kinetics, photodegradation, in-situ FTIR and DFT studies

A Mahmood, X Wang, X Xie, J Sun - Journal of Environmental Chemical …, 2021 - Elsevier
The photodegradation tendencies of mixed and isolated VOCs, eg, benzene, toluene, and p-
xylene were studied using TiO 2 P25 as a model photocatalyst. The degradation of VOCs in …

Kinetic pathway for interfacial electron transfer from a semiconductor to a molecule

K Hu, AD Blair, EJ Piechota, PA Schauer… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Molecular approaches to solar-energy conversion require a kinetic optimization of light-
induced electron-transfer reactions. At molecular–semiconductor interfaces, this optimization …

Dynamics and Photochemical H2 Evolution of Dye–NiO Photocathodes with a Biomimetic FeFe-Catalyst

LJ Antila, P Ghamgosar, S Maji, H Tian, S Ott… - ACS Energy …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Mesoporous NiO films were cosensitized with a coumarin 343 dye and a proton reduction
catalyst of the [Fe2 (CO) 6 (bdt)](bdt= benzene-1, 2-dithiolate) family. Femtosecond …

Ultrafast electron transfer between dye and catalyst on a mesoporous NiO surface

AM Brown, LJ Antila, M Mirmohades… - Journal of the …, 2016 - ACS Publications
The combination of molecular dyes and catalysts with semiconductors into dye-sensitized
solar fuel devices (DSSFDs) requires control of efficient interfacial and surface charge …

Development of Rapid Curing SiO2 Aerogel Composite-Based Quasi-Solid-State Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells through Screen-Printing Technology

S Jiao, Z Sun, J Wen, Y Liu, F Li, Q Miao… - … Applied Materials & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Grätzel's dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) can readily convert sunlight into electricity,
attracting considerable attention of global scientists. The fabrication efficiency of DSSCs was …

Perspectives on dye sensitization of nanocrystalline mesoporous thin films

K Hu, RN Sampaio, J Schneider… - Journal of the …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Recent advances in our mechanistic understanding of dye-sensitized electron transfer
reactions occurring at metal oxide interfaces are described. These advances were enabled …

Optical intramolecular electron transfer in opposite directions through the same bridge that follows different pathways

EJ Piechota, L Troian-Gautier… - Journal of the …, 2018 - ACS Publications
The electrochemical and spectroscopic properties of eight bis (tridentate) cyclometalated
RuII compounds covalently linked by a phenyl-or xylyl-thiophene bridge to a pendant …

Lateral intermolecular self-exchange reactions for hole and energy transport on mesoporous metal oxide thin films

K Hu, GJ Meyer - Langmuir, 2015 - ACS Publications
Intermolecular self-exchange energy and electron-transfer reactions occur without a loss of
free energy. This behavior can be exploited for energy-transport applications when …