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A systematic investigation on the photoelectrocatalytic (PEC) performance of a series of CuW1-xMoxO4 materials with different Mo for W substitution (x = 0-0.8), successfully synthesized as single, transparent photoactive layers, allowed us to identify copp ...

Royal Soc Chemistry2024

Photovoltaic devices containing cyclobutane-based hole transport materials

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Yi Zhang

The teachings herein relate to hole transport compounds containing cyclobutyl moieties that can be made into organic hole conductors and hole transport materials. Furthermore, optoelectronic and photoelectrochemical devices, in particular photovoltaic devi ...

2023

Dye-sensitized/organic solar cells (DS/O-SCs) have gradually improved their power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) and are now being considered for commercialization. This comprehensive review focuses on a prominent class of small organic molecules called tr ...

Cambridge2023

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Hexakis(hexyloxy)triphenylene (HAT6) discotic liquid crystal is employed as a transparent hole-transporting material (HTM) for perovskite solar cells (PSCs) and a power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 15.7% is obtained, which is the highest using HAT6 type ...

WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH2023

Low-cost poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT) and its derivatives have been widely used as hole-transporting materials (HTMs) in p-i-n perovskite solar cells (PSCs). However, reports on the use of PEDOT-based HTMs in regular PSCs have been rather limit ...

ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY2020

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A new conducting polymer poly (3, 4-phenylenedioxythiophene) is synthesized by the electrochemical polymerization technique with different solvents. We find that solvents used in electrochemical polymerization play important roles for the catalytic activit ...

PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD2019

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

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Farzan Jazaeri, Yuhang Liu, Parnian Ferdowsi, Ulf Anders Hagfeldt, 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 GMBH2019

13.6% Efficient Organic Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells by Minimizing Energy Losses of the Excited State

Ulf Anders Hagfeldt, Li Zhang

The electron-injection energy losses of dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) are among the fundamental problems hindering their successful breakthrough application. Two triazatruxene (TAT)-based sensitizers, with one containing a flexible Z-type double bond ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2019

Blocking the Charge Recombination with Diiodide Radicals by TiO2 Compact Layer in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

Nikolaos Vlachopoulos, Ulf Anders Hagfeldt, Kazuteru Nonomura

The addition of a compact titanium dioxide (TiO2) layer between the fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO) coated glass substrate and the mesoporous TiO2 layer in the dye-sensitized solar cell (DSC) based on the iodide/triiodide redox couple (I-/I-3(-)) is known t ...

ELECTROCHEMICAL SOC INC2019

Fine-tuning the coordination atoms of copper redox mediators: an effective strategy for boosting the photovoltage of dye-sensitized solar cells

Chong Liu, Ulf Anders Hagfeldt, Mei Wang

Natural systems have marvelously utilized copper complexes featuring sulfur-coordinating ligands, known as blue copper proteins, as efficient electron-transfer mediators in biological processes. Copper complexes with sulfur-coordinating ligands have been a ...

ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY2019