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 …

Nanostructured semiconductor materials for dye‐sensitized solar cells

C Cavallo, F Di Pascasio, A Latini… - Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Since O'Regan and Grätzel's first report in 1991, dye‐sensitized solar cells (DSSCs)
appeared immediately as a promising low‐cost photovoltaic technology. In fact, though …

A full‐spectrum porphyrin–fullerene D–A supramolecular photocatalyst with giant built‐in electric field for efficient hydrogen production

J Yang, J Jing, Y Zhu - Advanced Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract A full‐spectrum (300–850 nm) responsive donor–acceptor (D–A) supramolecular
photocatalyst tetraphenylporphinesulfonate/fullerene (TPPS/C60) is successfully …

Low-Temperature Sputtered Nickel Oxide Compact Thin Film as Effective Electron Blocking Layer for Mesoscopic NiO/CH3NH3PbI3 Perovskite Heterojunction …

KC Wang, PS Shen, MH Li, S Chen… - … applied materials & …, 2014 - ACS Publications
We introduce the use of low temperature sputtered NiOx thin film, which substitutes the
PEDOT–PSS and solution-processed NiOx as an effective electron blocking layer for …

Broadband Absorption Engineering to Enhance Light Absorption in Monolayer MoS2

SM Bahauddin, H Robatjazi, I Thomann - Acs Photonics, 2016 - ACS Publications
Here we take a first step toward tackling the challenge of incomplete optical absorption in
monolayers of transition metal dichalcogenides for conversion of photon energy, including …

Recent advances and insights in dye-sensitized NiO photocathodes for photovoltaic devices

V Nikolaou, A Charisiadis, G Charalambidis… - Journal of Materials …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Solar energy is undoubtedly one of the most exploitable energy sources providing a
potential solution to address the environmental issues deriving from the excessive use of …

Developing photocathode materials for p-type dye-sensitized solar cells

E Benazzi, J Mallows, GH Summers, FA Black… - Journal of Materials …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Dye-sensitized solar cells are photoelectrochemical devices, which are of great interest due
to their ease of fabrication and attractive design. This review details the progress made over …

MOF-sensitized solar cells enabled by a pillared porphyrin framework

ED Spoerke, LJ Small, ME Foster… - The Journal of …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) are highly ordered, functionally tunable supramolecular
materials with the potential to improve dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). Several recent …

Second generation of diketopyrrolopyrrole dyes for NiO-based dye-sensitized solar cells

Y Farre, L Zhang, Y Pellegrin, A Planchat… - The Journal of …, 2016 - ACS Publications
In this study, four new diketopyrrolopyrrole (DPP) sensitizers, with a dicarboxylated
triphenylamine anchoring group for attachment to NiO, were prepared and their electronic …

Micro‐/nanostructured multicomponent molecular materials: design, assembly, and functionality

D Yan - Chemistry–A European Journal, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Molecule‐based micro‐/nanomaterials have attracted considerable attention because their
properties can vary greatly from the corresponding macro‐sized bulk systems. Recently, the …