Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs, also known as Grätzel cells) mimic the photosynthetic
process by using a sensitizer dye to harvest light energy to generate electrical power …

In view of the limited ruthenium resource, metal-free organic dyes may play a prominent role
in the coming large-scale application of cost-effective dye-sensitized solar cells, if their …

We report two new heteroleptic polypyridyl ruthenium complexes, coded C101 and C102,
with high molar extinction coefficients by extending the π-conjugation of spectator ligands …

Dye-sensitized solar cells fabricated using ordered arrays of titania nanotubes (tube lengths
5, 10, and 20 μm) grown on titanium have been characterized by a range of experimental …

Low-cost excitonic solar cells based on organic optoelectronic materials are receiving an
ever-increasing amount of attention as potential alternatives to traditional inorganic …

We conjugated 2-(hexylthio) thiophene with bipyridine to construct a new heteroleptic
polypyridyl ruthenium sensitizer exhibiting a charge-transfer band at 550 nm with a molar …

Recent progress toward understanding the processes taking place in dye-sensitized
nanocrystalline solar cells (DSC) is reviewed, and some areas characterized by controversy …

In this Perspective article we describe how the processes involving the redox shuttle—dye
regeneration, recombination, and diffusion—affect the photovoltaic performance of dye …

The photovoltaic performance of ZnO-based dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs) has been
studied for three different configurations involving two dyes and two types of electrolytes with …

Solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells were fabricated using the organic hole-transporting
medium (HTM) 2, 2 '7, 7 '-tetrakis-(N, N-di-p-methoxyphenyl-amine)-9, 9 '-spirobifluorene …