Publications by Yasemin Saygili

Liquid State and Zombie Dye Sensitized Solar Cells with Copper Bipyridine Complexes Functionalized with Alkoxy Groups

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Rosario Scopelliti, Jacques-Edouard Moser, Ulf Anders Hagfeldt, Joël Teuscher, Yasemin Saygili, Marina Freitag, Hui-Seon Kim, Marko Stojanovic

Copper redox mediators can be employed in dye sensitized solar cells (DSCs) both as liquid electrolytes or as solid state hole transport materials (HTMs). The solid state devices that employ copper complex HTMs can be simply obtained by solvent evaporation ...

2020

Molecular Engineering of Simple Metal-Free Organic Dyes Derived from Triphenylamine for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell Applications

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Farzan Jazaeri, Ulf Anders Hagfeldt, Parnian Ferdowsi, Yuhang Liu, Yasemin Saygili

Two new metal-free organic sensitizers, L156 and L224, were designed, synthesized, and characterized for application in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs). The structures of the dyes contain a triphenylamine (TPA) segment and 4-(benzo[c][1,2,5]thiadiazol-4- ...

WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH2020

Revealing the Mechanism of Doping of spiro-MeOTAD via Zn Complexation in the Absence of Oxygen and Light

Ulf Anders Hagfeldt, Yasemin Saygili, Hui-Seon Kim, Bowen Yang, Jiajia Suo

In this study, a new mechanism for doping of spiro-MeOTAD by Zn(TFSI)(2) is revealed, which is completely different from the mechanism induced by LiTFSI. The oxidation of spiro-MeOTAD is facilitated by complexation between the zinc cation and tert-butylpyr ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2020

Copper Bipyridyl Redox Mediators for High Performance Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

Yasemin Saygili

Photovoltaic (PV) technologies attract a lot of attention as a result of the increasing energy demand and environmental concerns stemming from the conventional energy resources. Accordingly, the power conversion efficiency (PCE) values of various solar ene ...

EPFL2019

Metal Coordination Complexes as Redox Mediators in Regenerative Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Nikolaos Vlachopoulos, Ulf Anders Hagfeldt, Yasemin Saygili, Marko Stojanovic, Natalie Flores Diaz

Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) have attracted a substantial interest in the last 30 years for the conversion of solar power to electricity. An important component is the redox mediator effecting the transport of charge between the photoelectrode and th ...

2019

Comprehensive control of voltage loss enables 11.7% efficient solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells

Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Jacques-Edouard Moser, Ulf Anders Hagfeldt, Ladislav Kavan, Jingshan Luo, Chenyi Yi, Yuhang Liu, Yiming Cao, Yasemin Saygili, Weiwei Zhang

The relatively large voltage loss (Vloss) in excitonic type solar cells severely limits their power conversion efficiencies (PCEs). Here, we report a comprehensive control of Vloss through efficacious engineering of the sensitizer and redox mediator, makin ...

2018

Alternative bases to 4-tert-butylpyridine for dye-sensitized solar cells employing copper redox mediator

Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Ladislav Kavan, Yasemin Saygili

2018

Boosting the Efficiency of Perovskite Solar Cells with CsBr-Modified Mesoporous TiO2 Beads as Electron-Selective Contact

Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Jingshan Luo, Norman Pellet, Jiyoun Seo, Yasemin Saygili, Ryusuke Uchida

2018

Molecular Design of Efficient Organic D-A-pi-A Dye Featuring Triphenylamine as Donor Fragment for Application in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Ladislav Kavan, Yasemin Saygili, Weiwei Zhang

2018

Planar Perovskite Solar Cells with High Open-Circuit Voltage Containing a Supramolecular Iron Complex as Hole Transport Material Dopant

Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Wolfgang Richard Tress, Michael Saliba, Juan-Pablo Correa-Baena, Silver Hamill Turren Cruz, Yasemin Saygili, Marina Freitag, Bartholomeus Wilhelmus Henricus Saes

2018