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A small electron donor in cobalt complex electrolyte significantly improves efficiency in dye-sensitized solar cells

Lei Zhang, Ulf Anders Hagfeldt, Yan Hao, Yasemin Saygili

Photoelectrochemical approach to solar energy conversion demands a kinetic optimization of various light-induced electron transfer processes. Of great importance are the redox mediator systems accomplishing the electron transfer processes at the semiconduc ...

Nature Publishing Group2016

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Considering the increasing global demand for energy and the harmful ecological impact of conventional energy sources, it is obvious that development of clean and renewable energy is a necessity. Since the Sun is our only external energy source, harnessing ...

MDPI2016

Influence of Ancillary Ligands in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

Michael Graetzel, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin

A review. Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) have motivated many researchers to develop various sensitizers with tailored properties involving anchoring and ancillary ligands. Ancillary ligands carry favorable light-harvesting abilities and are therefore c ...

Amer Chemical Soc2016

Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) have been considered as one of the most promising new generation solar cells. Enormous research efforts have been invested to improve the efficiency of solar energy conversion which is determined by the light harvesting e ...

Spie-Int Soc Optical Engineering2015

Lanthanides in Solar Energy Conversion

Jean-Claude Bünzli, Anne-Sophie Chauvin

Solar energy represents an abundant (1000 W·m-2) and seemingly cheap source of energy. One way to tap it is to transform light into electricity with photovoltaic devices. Single junction solar cells presently reach 32% conversion yield under 1-sun illumina ...

Elsevier Science B.V.2014

Interpretation of Optoelectronic Transient and Charge Extraction Measurements in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

Xiong Li, Takeru Bessho

Tools that assess the limitations of dye sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) made with new materials are critical for progress. Measuring the transient electrical signals (voltage or current) after optically perturbing a DSSC is an approach which can give infor ...

Wiley-Blackwell2013

Evaluation of a Ruthenium Oxyquinolate Architecture for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

Michael Graetzel, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Jun Ho Yum, Chenxu Zhao, Yu-Ting Huang

Synthesis of the Ru(dcbpy)(2)(OQN) complex is reported in which dcbpy and OQN(-) are the bidentate 4,4'-dicarboxy-2,2'-bipyridyl and 8-oxyquinolate ligands, respectively. Spectroscopic, electrochemical, and theoretical analyses are indicative of exten ...

2012

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We report a combined experimental and computational investigation to understand the nature of the interactions between cobalt redox mediators and TiO2 surfaces sensitized by :ruthenium and organic dyes, and their impact on. the performance of the correspon ...

American Chemical Society2012

Successful demonstration of an efficient I-/(SeCN)(2) redox mediator for dye-sensitized solar cells

Jun Ho Yum

A new I-/(SeCN)(2) redox mediator has favorable properties for dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs) such as less visible light absorption, higher ionic conductivity, and downward shift of redox potential than I-/I-3(-). It was then applied for DSCs towards in ...

2012

We propose a passive factor, autocatalytic activity of some semiconductors (SnO2, WO3), for the loss of efficiency in dye-sensitized solar cells. On one hand, in the photoanode, SnO2 (or WO3) functions as a semiconductor to collect the photoelectrons that ...

2012