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Performance of a new polymer electrolyte incorporated with diphenylamine in nanocrystalline dye-sensitized solar cell
S. Ganesan,B. Muthuraaman,Vinod Mathew,Jagannathan Madhavan,Pichai Maruthamuthu,S. Austin Suthanthiraraj +5 more
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In this paper, a solvent-free composite polymer electrolyte consisting of poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) incorporated into diphenyl amine (DPA) along with KI and I 2 has been developed.About:
This article is published in Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells.The article was published on 2008-12-01. It has received 82 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Dye-sensitized solar cell & Solar cell.read more
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Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells
TL;DR: Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs) offer the possibilities to design solar cells with a large flexibility in shape, color, and transparency as mentioned in this paper, and many DSC research groups have been established around the world.
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Review on natural dye sensitized solar cells: operation, materials and methods
TL;DR: The use of synthetic dyes as sensitizer in DSSC provides better efficiency and high durability, but they suffer from several limitations such as higher cost, tendency to undergo degradation, and usage of toxic materials.
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Status and outlook of sensitizers/dyes used in dye sensitized solar cells (DSSC): a review
S. Shalini,R. Balasundaraprabhu,T. K. Satish Kumar,N. Prabavathy,Sundaram Senthilarasu,S. Prasanna +5 more
TL;DR: The use of metal-free, quantum-dot sensitizers, perovskite-based sensitizer, and natural dyes has become a viable alternative to expensive and rare Ru-based dyes because of low cost, ease of preparation, easy attainability, and environmental friendliness.
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Recent Progress in Non-Platinum Counter Electrode Materials for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells
TL;DR: In this article, a review of counter electrode materials for the electrocatalytic redox reaction for the I−/ electrolyte, and apart from this, other counter electrodes for iodine-free redox electrolytes are discussed.
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Preparation of TiO2/NiO composite particles and their applications in dye-sensitized solar cells
TL;DR: In this paper, the applicability of n-type TiO 2 and p-type NiO on the FTO-glass substrate of the working electrode in a dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) was investigated.
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A low-cost, high-efficiency solar cell based on dye-sensitized colloidal TiO2 films
TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe a photovoltaic cell, created from low-to medium-purity materials through low-cost processes, which exhibits a commercially realistic energy-conversion efficiency.
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Conversion of light to electricity by cis-X2bis(2,2'-bipyridyl-4,4'-dicarboxylate)ruthenium(II) charge-transfer sensitizers (X = Cl-, Br-, I-, CN-, and SCN-) on nanocrystalline titanium dioxide electrodes
Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin,Andreas Kay,I. Rodicio,Robin Humphry-Baker,E. Mueller,Paul Liska,Nick Vlachopoulos,Michael Graetzel +7 more
TL;DR: Cis-X 2 Bis(2,2'-bipyridyl-4,4'-dicarboxylate)ruthenium(II) complexes were prepared and characterized with respct to their absorption, luminescence, and redox behavior.
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Light-Induced Redox Reactions in Nanocrystalline Systems
Anders Hagfeldt,Michael Graetzel +1 more
TL;DR: A review with 156 refs on interfacial electron transfer reactions in colloidal semiconductor solns and thin films and their application for solar light energy conversion and photocatalytic water purifn is presented in this paper.
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Nature of Photovoltaic Action in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explain the cause for photovoltage in nanocrystalline, mesoporous dye-sensitized solar cells, in terms of the separation, recombination, and transport of electronic charge as well as electron energetics.
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A New Ionic Liquid Electrolyte Enhances the Conversion Efficiency of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells
TL;DR: In this article, an ionic liquid electrolyte composed of 1-methyl-3-propylimidazolium iodide, 1-ethyl-3]-dimethyl-polypyridyl ruthenium dicyanamide, and lithium iodide (LiI) was combined with an amphiphilic polypyrinyl-rushenium sensitizer to obtain a solar cell based on a solvent-free electrolyte that had an efficiency of 6.6% at an irradiance of air mass 1.5 and >7.1