Cosensitization in dye-sensitized solar cells

JM Cole, G Pepe, OK Al Bahri, CB Cooper - Chemical reviews, 2019 - ACS Publications
Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs) are a next-generation photovoltaic technology, whose
natural transparency and good photovoltaic output under ambient light conditions afford …

In Situ Probing of the Surface Properties of Droplets in the Air

JB Brown, Y Qian, ZC Huang-Fu, T Zhang, H Wang… - Langmuir, 2023 - ACS Publications
Surface properties of nanodroplets and microdroplets are intertwined with their immense
applicability in biology, medicine, production, catalysis, the environment, and the …

Understanding charge dynamics in dense electronic manifolds in complex environments

F Perrella, A Petrone, N Rega - Journal of Chemical Theory and …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Photoinduced charge transfer (CT) excited states and their relaxation mechanisms can be
highly interdependent on the environment effects and the consequent changes in the …

Nature of the ultrafast interligands electron transfers in dye-sensitized solar cells

F Perrella, X Li, A Petrone, N Rega - JACS Au, 2022 - ACS Publications
Charge-transfer dynamics and interligand electron transfer (ILET) phenomena play a pivotal
role in dye-sensitizers, mostly represented by the Ru-based polypyridyl complexes, for TiO2 …

Impact of Molecular Orientation on Lateral and Interfacial Electron Transfer at Oxide Interfaces

Q Loague, ND Keller, AV Müller… - … Applied Materials & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Molecular dyes, called sensitizers, with a cis-[Ru (LL)(dcb)(NCS) 2] structure, where dcb is 4,
4′-(CO2H) 2-2, 2′-bipyridine and LL is dcb or a different diimine ligand, are among the …

Self-phase-stabilized heterodyne vibrational sum frequency generation microscopy

H Wang, T Gao, W Xiong - Acs Photonics, 2017 - ACS Publications
Vibrational sum frequency generation (VSFG) spectroscopy has been a powerful technique
to probe molecular structures in non-centrosymmetric media. Recently developed …

Sum frequency generation vibrational spectroscopy for characterization of buried polymer interfaces

C Zhang - Applied Spectroscopy, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Sum frequency generation vibrational spectroscopy (SFG-VS) has become one of the most
appealing technologies to characterize molecular structures at interfaces. In this focal point …

Direct observation of the solvent organization and nuclear vibrations of [Ru (dcbpy) 2 (NCS) 2] 4−,[dcbpy=(4, 4′-dicarboxy-2, 2′-bipyridine)], via ab initio molecular …

F Perrella, A Petrone, N Rega - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Environmental effects can drastically influence the optical properties and photoreactivity of
molecules, particularly in the presence of polar and/or protic solvents. In this work we …

Vibrational sum-frequency generation hyperspectral microscopy for molecular self-assembled systems

H Wang, W Xiong - Annual Review of Physical Chemistry, 2021 - annualreviews.org
In this review, we discuss the recent developments and applications of vibrational sum-
frequency generation (VSFG) microscopy. This hyperspectral imaging technique can resolve …

Mapping vibronic couplings in a solar cell dye with polarization-selective two-dimensional electronic–vibrational spectroscopy

JD Gaynor, A Petrone, X Li, M Khalil - The Journal of Physical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
This study uses polarization-selective two-dimensional electronic–vibrational (2D EV)
spectroscopy to map intramolecular charge transfer in the well-known solar cell dye,[Ru …