Cause, regulation and utilization of dye aggregation in dye-sensitized solar cells

F Xu, TT Testoff, L Wang, X Zhou - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
As an important member of third generation solar cell, dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs)
have the advantages of being low cost, having an easy fabrication process, utilizing rich raw …

Impact of TiO2 Nanostructures on Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Performance

P Gnida, P Jarka, P Chulkin, A Drygała, M Libera… - Materials, 2021 - mdpi.com
The effect of TiO2 nanostructures such as nanoparticles, nanowires, nanotubes on
photoanode properties, and dye-sensitized solar cells photovoltaic parameters were …

Solvatochromic fluorescent styryl pyrene probes for the quantitative determination of water content in organic solvents

M Noikham, C Sriwiphasathit, K Siriwong, T Vilaivan - Dyes and Pigments, 2023 - Elsevier
A series of D-π-A fluorescent styryl pyrene probes were synthesized through the Wittig
reaction. The introduction of an electron-withdrawing substituent on the phenyl ring creates …

The impact of the number of anchoring groups and the pattern of substitution on the efficacy of pyrene dyes in dye-sensitised solar cells-a theoretical investigation of …

D Zych - Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A …, 2023 - Elsevier
This is the first exhaustive study of multiple chemisorptions on TiO 2 clusters and the effects
of the number of anchoring groups and substitution patterns on the efficacy of pyrene-based …

Self-Assembled Monolayers of Push–Pull Chromophores as Active Layers and Their Applications

J Wang, V Gadenne, L Patrone, JM Raimundo - Molecules, 2024 - mdpi.com
In recent decades, considerable attention has been focused on the design and development
of surfaces with defined or tunable properties for a wide range of applications and fields. To …

The effect of anchoring group on the performances of metal-free phthalocyanine and metallophthalocyanine dye/titanium dioxide interface for dye-sensitized solar …

SA Aal, D Awadh - Surfaces and Interfaces, 2022 - Elsevier
The effects of an anchoring group, such as 2, 5 dimethyl thiophenoxy benzoic acid in the
peripheral position and central metal nanoparticles (Ti) on the interaction properties of …

Development of DD-π-A structured 5-aryl indoles as photosensitizers

KE Roys, SL Manju - Journal of Molecular Structure, 2024 - Elsevier
Herein, we report three novel indole-based DD-π-A formulated compounds, that have been
synthesized to act as active and dynamic photosensitizers for dye-sensitized solar cells …

Starburst configured imidazole-arylamine organic sensitizers for DSSC applications

D Unny, GR Kandregula, K Ramanujam - Journal of Photochemistry and …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this study, special consideration was given to the design and synthesis of imidazole-
arylamine-based organic sensitizers with three arylamine donors (Carbazole …

Identification of novel indole-based dyes as active photo-sensitizers: Synthesis, photophysical, electrochemical and computational investigation

KE Roys, SL Manju - Optical Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
Novel D–π–A type indole-based compounds have been designed and synthesized as active
photosensitizers for dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). The molecular structures of indole …

The effect of central transition metals and electron-donating substituent on the performances of dye/TiO2 interface for dye-sensitized solar cells applications

SA Aal, D Awadh - Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modelling, 2023 - Elsevier
Density functional theory (DFT) and time-dependent density functional theory (TD-DFT)
approaches were applied to explore the effect of central transition metals and the dye/TiO 2 …