Publications by Magdalena Anna Marszalek

Synthesis, characterization and ab initio investigation of a panchromatic ullazine–porphyrin photosensitizer for dye-sensitized solar cells

Michael Graetzel, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Ursula Röthlisberger, Basile Curchod, Magdalena Anna Marszalek, Negar Ashari Astani, Julien Edouard Frey, Simon Mathew

An ullazine unit was employed as a donor moiety in a donor-pi-acceptor (D-p-A) motif, employing the porphyrin macrocycle as a pi-system. Synthesis of this ullazine-porphyrin dyad containing sensitizer (SM63) was achieved and an investigation of the electro ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2016

Synthesis and optoelectronic properties of chemically modified bi-fluorenylidenes

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Jacques-Edouard Moser, Robin Humphry-Baker, Magdalena Anna Marszalek, Mateusz Barnaba Wielopolski

The development of new light harvesting materials is a key issue for the progress of the research on organic & hybrid photovoltaics. Here, we report a new class of organic sensitizers based on the bi-fluorenylidene moiety as p-linker within the donor–p-lin ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2016

Nanocomposite Semi-Solid Redox Ionic Liquid Electrolytes with Enhanced Charge-Transport Capabilities for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Magdalena Anna Marszalek

The ability of Pt nanostructures to induce the splitting of the I-I bond in iodine (triiodide) molecules is explored here to enhance electron transfer in the iodine/iodide redox couple. Following the dispersal of Pt nanoparticles at 2% (weight) level, char ...

Wiley-VCH Verlag Berlin2015

Harvesting UV Photons for Solar Energy Conversion Applications

Jacques-Edouard Moser, Magdalena Anna Marszalek, Mateusz Barnaba Wielopolski

We report the synthesis and characterization of five new donor–π–spacer–acceptor dye molecules with a diphenylamine donor, fluorene–1,2,5-oxadiazole spacers and a range of acceptor/anchor groups (carboxylic acid 1, cyanoacrylic acid 2 and 3, alcohol 4 and ...

Royal Soc Chemistry2014

Effect of Extended π-Conjugation of the Donor Structure of Organic D–A−π–A Dyes on the Photovoltaic Performance of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Jacques-Edouard Moser, Robin Humphry-Baker, Magdalena Anna Marszalek, Takeru Bessho, Mateusz Barnaba Wielopolski

Two new D−A−π-spacer−A organic dyes, KM-10 and KM-11, containing a benzothiadiazole unit in a π-spacer and a cyanoacrylic acid as an acceptor have been synthesized and tested as sensitizers in dye-sensitized solar cells. Structural variations of the donor ...

Amer Chemical Soc2014

Ionic Liquid-Sulfolane Composite Electrolytes for High-Performance and Stable Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Jean-David Décoppet, Mingkui Wang, Magdalena Anna Marszalek

Ionic liquid electrolytes are prepared using sulfolane as a plasticizer for eutectic melts to realize highly stable and efficiently performing dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs) in hot climate conditions. Variations in the viscosity of the formulations with ...

Wiley-VCH Verlag Berlin2014

Structural variations of D-pi-A dyes influence on the photovoltaic performance of dye-sensitized solar cells

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Robin Humphry-Baker, Magdalena Anna Marszalek

Two new organic D-pi-A dyes containing identical pi-conjugated spacer and anchoring/acceptor moieties but different donor groups were designed and synthesized. These dyes containing didodecylcyclopentadithiophene (CPDT) as a spacer, cyanoacrylic acid as an ...

RSC Publishing2013

Dye-sensitized solar cells : detailed studies focused on the molecular engineering of D-π-A dyes and the optimization of the application of ionic-liquid-based electrolytes

Magdalena Anna Marszalek

EPFL2013

π-Conjugated Donor-Acceptor Systems as Metal-Free Sensitizers for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell Applications

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Jacques-Edouard Moser, Magdalena Anna Marszalek, Mateusz Barnaba Wielopolski

High extinction coefficients and easily tunable spectral properties of π - conjugated donor-acceptor dyes are of superior advantage for the design of new metal- free organic sensitizers for applications in dye-sensitized solar cells. Ultrafast transient ab ...

E D P Sciences2013

Bodipy dyes as a potential sentisizer for dye sensitized solar cells

Michael Graetzel, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Jun Ho Yum, Magdalena Anna Marszalek

Amer Chemical Soc2013