A vast array of colorants obtained from natural sources such as plants, insects/animals and
microbes have been scrutinized in recent past for their use in different kinds of applications …

Coumarin-based dyes have been successfully used in dye-sensitized solar cells, leading to
photovoltaic conversion efficiencies of up to about 8%. Given the need to better understand …

We report results of combined experimental and theoretical studies of betalain natural dyes
used as sensitizers for TiO2 dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). To analyze the compliance …

Brazilin has been explored as a photosensitizer in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) owing
to its easy extraction, abundance, and environmental friendliness. However, its narrow solar …

We report results of density functional theory (DFT) calculations of a metal‐free dye, 5‐(4‐
sulfophenylazo) salicylic acid disodium salt, known as Mordant Yellow 10 (MY‐10), used as …

Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) are promising third-generation photovoltaic cell
technology owing to their easy fabrication, flexibility and better performance under diffuse …

We report density functional theory (DFT) calculations of three newly synthesized
oligomethine cyanine-based dyes as potential TiO2-sensitizers in dye-sensitized solar cells …

Recombination of charge carriers is the major issue for the sustainable operation of dye-
sensitized solar cells (DSSC). Generally, an external voltage bias is necessary to efficiently …

We studied the influence of the synthesis route on the morphology and optical properties of
zinc oxide (ZnO), with applications in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). For this purpose …

We report results of density functional theory (DFT) calculations on some colorless aromatic
systems adsorbed on a TiO 2 nanocluster, in order to explain experimental results regarding …