In 2003, Nobel Laureate Richard E. Smalley outlined humanity's top 10 problems for the
next 50 years. 1 The top problem is energy (Figure 1). Human society is facing a global …

Nowadays, dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) are the most extensively investigated
systems for the conversion of solar energy into electricity, particularly for implementation in …

There is currently a large effort to improve the performance of low cost renewable energy
devices. Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) are emerging as one of the most promising low …

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 …

m-X2Bis (2, 2,-bipyridyl-4, 4/-dicarboxylate) ruthenium (II) complexes (X= Ch, Br, I-, CN-, and
SCN-) were prepared and characterized with respct to their absorption, luminescence, and …

Single crystals of TiO2 anatase containing 0.22% of Al and traces of V, Zr, Nb, and La were
grown by chemical transport reactions employing TeCl4 as the transporting agent …

Transition metal complexes with low lying excited states are finding increasing use as
photosensitizers. Major work horses are those derived from polypyridine complexes and …

A critical review of light-driven interfacial charge-transfer reactions of transition-metal
compounds anchored to mesoporous, nanocrystalline TiO2 (anatase) thin films is described …

During the past decade, interest in chemical reactions occurring at metal oxide-aqueous
solution interfaces has increased significantly because of their importance in a variety of …

A brief review of the investigation of solar energy conversion and the development of dye-
sensitized thin-layer solar cells is presented, with the main focus on dyes, specially on d6 …