Silica-based materials (SBMs) are widely used in catalysis, photonics, and drug delivery.
Their pores and cavities act as hosts of diverse guests ranging from classical dyes to drugs …

Understanding of the photocatalytic behaviour of Zr-based MOFs is fundamental for the
improved design of new and more efficient photocatalysts. The present work describes …

A comprehensive investigation is presented on the photophysical and third-order nonlinear
optical (NLO) properties of two thioalkyl-substituted tetrathiafulvalene molecules (referred …

The process of primary charge separation in Ru-based dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs)
based on both TiO2 and ZnO photoanodes has been studied in fully working devices by time …

The simultaneous realization of both high-efficiency and long-term durability of transparent,
colorful dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) is of paramount importance to gradually …

The relaxation dynamics of the dye D35 has been characterized by transient absorption
spectroscopy in acetonitrile and on TiO2 and ZrO2 thin films. In acetonitrile, upon …

Efficiently suppressing on interface recombination of dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs)
enables high open-circuit photovoltage (V oc) through exploiting photosensitizers. Herein, a …

Overcoming the excited-state quenching and interfacial charge recombination is of far-
reaching significance for achieving dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) with high efficiency …

Herein, we designed and synthesized two new metal-free organic dyes CCC ((E)-2-cyano-3-
(6-((E)-(9-ethyl-9H-carbazol-3-ylimino) methyl)-9-hexyl-9H-carbazol-3-yl) acrylic acid) and …

The continuing efforts to develop novel polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and exploit them
as building blocks to create organic donor–acceptor (D–A) dyes with impressive excited …