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Fabrication of thin film dye sensitized solar cells with solar to electric power conversion efficiency over 10
Seigo Ito,Takurou N. Murakami,Pascal Comte,Paul Liska,Carole Grätzel,Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin,Michael Grätzel +6 more
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In this article, the authors proposed a fabrication technique for dye-sensitized solar cells having a conversion efficiency of global air mass 1.5, 1000 W/m(2) solar light to electric power over 10%.About:
This article is published in Thin Solid Films.The article was published on 2008-05-30. It has received 1747 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Plasmonic solar cell & Solar cell.read more
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Dye-sensitized solar cells with 13% efficiency achieved through the molecular engineering of porphyrin sensitizers
Simon Mathew,Aswani Yella,Peng Gao,Robin Humphry-Baker,Basile F. E. Curchod,Negar Ashari-Astani,Ivano Tavernelli,Ursula Rothlisberger,Md. K. Nazeeruddin,Michael Grätzel +9 more
TL;DR: A molecularly engineered porphyrin dye is reported, coded SM315, which features the prototypical structure of a donor-π-bridge-acceptor and both maximizes electrolyte compatibility and improves light-harvesting properties.
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Recent advances in sensitized mesoscopic solar cells.
TL;DR: The discussion focuses on mesoscopic solar cells, in particular, dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs), which have been developed in the laboratory and remain the focus of the investigations, and aims at identifying and providing solutions to the efficiency problems that the OPV field is still facing.
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Lead-free solid-state organic–inorganic halide perovskite solar cells
TL;DR: In this paper, perovskite solar cells containing tin rather than lead were reported, which have a power conversion efficiency of 5.7% and retain 80% of their performance over a period of 12 hours.
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The light and shade of perovskite solar cells
TL;DR: The rise of metal halide perovskites as light harvesters has stunned the photovoltaic community and questions on the control of the performance of perovSKite solar cells and on its characterization are being addressed.
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A review of solar photovoltaic technologies
TL;DR: In this article, the photovoltaic technology, its power generating capability, the different existing light absorbing materials used, its environmental aspect coupled with a variety of its applications have been discussed.
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A low-cost, high-efficiency solar cell based on dye-sensitized colloidal TiO2 films
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Hydrophobic, Highly Conductive Ambient-Temperature Molten Salts
Pierre Bonhote,Ana-Paula Dias,Nicholas Papageorgiou,Kuppuswamy Kalyanasundaram,Michael Grätzel +4 more
TL;DR: New, hydrophobic ionic liquids with low melting points (<−30 °C to ambient temperature) have been synthesized and investigated, based on 1,3-dialkyl imidazolium cations and hydrophilic anions and thus water-soluble.
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Combined Experimental and DFT-TDDFT Computational Study of Photoelectrochemical Cell Ruthenium Sensitizers
Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin,Filippo De Angelis,Simona Fantacci,Annabella Selloni,Guido Viscardi,Paul Liska,Seigo Ito,Bessho Takeru,Michael Grätzel +8 more
TL;DR: The computed alignments of the molecular orbitals of the different complexes with the band edges of a model TiO(2) nanoparticle provide additional insights into the electronic factors governing the efficiency of dye-sensitized solar cell devices.
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Engineering of Efficient Panchromatic Sensitizers for Nanocrystalline TiO2-Based Solar Cells
Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin,Peter Pechy,Thierry Renouard,Shaik M. Zakeeruddin,Robin Humphry-Baker,Pascal Comte,Paul Liska,Le Cevey,E Costa,Valery Shklover,Leone Spiccia,Glen B. Deacon,Carlo Alberto Bignozzi,Michael Grätzel +13 more
TL;DR: The black dye, when anchored to nanocrystalline TiO(2) films achieves very efficient sensitization over the whole visible range extending into the near-IR region up to 920 nm, yielding over 80% incident photon-to-current efficiencies (IPCE).