Emerging organic and organic/inorganic hybrid photovoltaic devices for specialty applications: low‐level‐lighting energy conversion and biomedical treatment

FC Chen - Advanced Optical Materials, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
This article reviews the progress made in emerging photovoltaic devices, including dye‐
sensitized solar cells, organic solar cells, and perovskite solar cells, for specialty …

[HTML][HTML] Polypyridyl copper complexes as dye sensitizer and redox mediator for dye-sensitized solar cells

J Conradie - Electrochemistry Communications, 2022 - Elsevier
Developments on the application of polypyridyl-based copper complexes in dye-sensitized
solar cells (DSSCs) are briefly discussed in this mini review. Copper complexes in solar …

Theoretical study of WS-9-based organic sensitizers for unusual Vis/NIR absorption and highly efficient dye-sensitized solar cells

M Li, L Kou, L Diao, Q Zhang, Z Li, Q Wu… - The Journal of …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) are the most promising low-cost photovoltaic devices.
Whereas, the absorption bands of most organic sensitizers, the most vital component in …

[HTML][HTML] Ultrafast and fast charge separation processes in real dye-sensitized solar cells

C Martin, M Ziółek, A Douhal - Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology …, 2016 - Elsevier
The increasing global energy consumption and the simultaneous non-renewable resources
depletion with their rising contamination levels, make the present energy scenario …

DFT Study of bis (1, 10-phenanthroline) copper complexes: Molecular and electronic structure, redox and spectroscopic properties and application to Solar Cells

J Conradie - Electrochimica Acta, 2022 - Elsevier
A density functional theory study (DFT) on the geometry, electronic structure and properties
of a series of [Cu (phen) 2] n+ complexes (n= 1 and 2, and phen= differently substituted …

Porphyrins with intense absorptivity: highly efficient sensitizers with a photovoltaic efficiency of up to 10.7% without a cosensitizer and a coabsorbate

C Li, L Luo, D Wu, R Jiang, J Lan, R Wang… - Journal of Materials …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
It is significantly challenging to collect more light and simultaneously avoid dye aggregation
in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). This work addresses the significance of the intensity …

Excitation-Wavelength-Dependent Charge Injection and Hole Localization in Diblock Oligomers Anchored to TiO2

MD Turlington, HB Gobeze, M Younus… - ACS Applied Materials …, 2023 - ACS Publications
A series of diblock oligomers containing oligothiophene (T n, n= 4, 5) and 4, 7-di (thiophen-2-
yl) benzo [c][1, 2, 5] thiadizole (TBT) segments, functionalized with carboxylic acid anchoring …

Heavy Metal Effects on the Photovoltaic Properties of Metallocorroles in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

T Higashino, Y Kurumisawa… - ACS Applied Energy …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Finding strategies for effective charge separation is a prerequisite for realizing efficient solar
energy conversion in photovoltaic and photocatalytic devices. Porphyrinoids, including …

Novel porphyrin-preparation, characterization, and applications in solar energy conversion

J Lu, H Li, S Liu, YC Chang, HP Wu, Y Cheng… - Physical Chemistry …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Porphyrins have been demonstrated as one of the most efficient sensitizers in dye-
sensitized solar cells (DSSC). Herein, we investigated a series of porphyrin sensitizers …

Ultrafast and slow charge recombination dynamics of diketopyrrolopyrrole–NiO dye sensitized solar cells

L Zhang, L Favereau, Y Farré, E Mijangos… - Physical Chemistry …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
In a photophysical study, two diketopyrrolopyrrole (DPP)-based sensitizers functionalized
with 4-thiophenecarboxylic acid as an anchoring group and a bromo (DPPBr) or …