scholarly journals Dye sensitized solar cells with cobalt and iodine-based electrolyte: the role of thiocyanate-free ruthenium sensitizers

2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (45) ◽  
pp. 19556-19565 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kuan-Lin Wu ◽  
Yue Hu ◽  
Chun-Tien Chao ◽  
Ya-Wen Yang ◽  
Ting-Yun Hsiao ◽  
...  

Isomeric Ru(ii) sensitizers, with varied steric impediment on TiO2, show high efficiency using Co2+/3+ electrolyte, with higher efficiency for the more symmetric isomers.

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Lucia Pinto ◽  
Luis Cruz ◽  
Vânia Gomes ◽  
Hugo Cruz ◽  
Giuseppe Calogero ◽  
...  

RSC Advances ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (69) ◽  
pp. 40292-40300
Author(s):  
Anantharaj Gopalraman ◽  
Subbian Karuppuchamy ◽  
Saranyan Vijayaraghavan

VOC–JSC trade off is eliminated. Newly created surface states by OA in TiO2 facilitated the charge transfer kinetics.


2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuancheng Qin ◽  
Qiang Peng

Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) have attracted considerable attention in recent years due to the possibility of low-cost conversion of photovoltaic energy. The DSSCs-based ruthenium complexes as sensitizers show high efficiency and excellent stability, implying potential practical applications. This review focuses on recent advances in design and preparation of efficient ruthenium sensitizers and their applications in DSSCs, including thiocyanate ruthenium sensitizers and thiocyanate-free ruthenium sensitizers.


2013 ◽  
Vol 1 (13) ◽  
pp. 4345 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiu Wang ◽  
Ran Deng ◽  
Sneha A. Kulkarni ◽  
Xiaoyan Wang ◽  
Stevin Snellius Pramana ◽  
...  

2014 ◽  
Vol 67 (5) ◽  
pp. 819
Author(s):  
Syed Mujtaba Shah ◽  
Zafar Iqbal ◽  
Muzaffar Iqbal ◽  
Naila Shahzad ◽  
Amina Hana ◽  
...  

Porphyrin dyes have an inherent tendency to aggregate. This leads to a self-quenching phenomenon that hinders electron transfer to the conduction band of semiconductors in dye-sensitized solar cells. Self-quenching adversely affects the efficiency of solar cells. Here, we report the interaction of porphyrin with pristine and acid-functionalized fullerene molecules on the surface of ZnO nanoparticles under chemisorbed conditions. Chemisorption of porphyrin only on ZnO nanoparticles instigates aggregation of the porphyrin molecules. These aggregates can be effectively broken by chemisorbing fullerene molecules on the surface of the ZnO nanoparticles. This is due to self-assembly formation processes because of porphyrin–fullerene interactions. The nanohybrid material, consisting of ZnO nanorods, acid-functionalized porphyrin, and fullerene derivatives, was characterized by UV–visible spectroscopy, fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, fluorescence spectroscopy, and transmission electron microscopy. The material generates better performing dye-sensitized solar cells when compared with those fabricated from porphyrin-based photo-active material.


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