New dyes for dye-sensitized solar cells and photocatalysis: Verifying thermodynamic requirements for electron transfer

Three polymethine dyes of various structures were checked for their potential to be used as sensitising dyes for TiO 2. Based on the absorption spectral data and cyclic voltammetric redox potential, the lower unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) energy was calculated. It was higher than the conductance band edge energy of anatase TiO 2 for all the studied dyes, meaning that they all may act as efficient sensitizers for various functional materials to be used in the broad spectrum visible-light solar cells, energy conversion systems and other similar applications.

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Polyoxometalate supported complexes as effective electron-transfer mediators in dye-sensitized solar cells

Dalton Transactions ◽

10.1039/c3dt52676c ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 43 (4) ◽

pp. 1493-1497 ◽

Cited By ~ 18

Author(s):

Chun-Chen Yuan ◽

Shi-Ming Wang ◽

Wei-Lin Chen ◽

Lin Liu ◽

Chao Qin ◽

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Keyword(s):

Electron Transfer ◽

Solar Cells ◽

Dye Sensitized Solar Cells ◽

Effective Electron ◽

Dye Sensitized ◽

Sensitized Solar Cells

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Electron transfer kinetics in water splitting dye-sensitized solar cells based on core–shell oxide electrodes

Faraday Discussions ◽

10.1039/c1fd00083g ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 155 ◽

pp. 165-176 ◽

Cited By ~ 47

Author(s):

Seung-Hyun Anna Lee ◽

Yixin Zhao ◽

Emil A. Hernandez-Pagan ◽

Landy Blasdel ◽

W. Justin Youngblood ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Electron Transfer ◽

Solar Cells ◽

Water Splitting ◽

Dye Sensitized Solar Cells ◽

Core Shell ◽

Electron Transfer Kinetics ◽

Dye Sensitized ◽

Oxide Electrodes ◽

Sensitized Solar Cells

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A polymer and graphene layer to increase dye regeneration and suppress back electron transfer in dye sensitized solar cells

Chemical Communications ◽

10.1039/c7cc03276e ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 53 (49) ◽

pp. 6629-6632 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Vediappan Sudhakar ◽

Arulraj Arulkashmir ◽

Kothandam Krishnamoorthy

Keyword(s):

Electron Transfer ◽

Solar Cells ◽

Graphene Layer ◽

Dye Sensitized Solar Cells ◽

Blocking Layer ◽

Dye Sensitized ◽

Back Electron Transfer ◽

Dye Regeneration ◽

Sensitized Solar Cells

A polymer–graphene blocking layer decreases back electron transfer and increases dye regeneration that improved the DSSC efficiency to 10.4%.

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Biological Construction of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Electron Transfer Pathways in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

ChemSusChem ◽

10.1002/cssc.201402514 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 7 (10) ◽

pp. 2805-2810 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

Ippei Inoue ◽

Kiyoshi Watanabe ◽

Hirofumi Yamauchi ◽

Yasuaki Ishikawa ◽

Hisashi Yasueda ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Electron Transfer ◽

Solar Cells ◽

Carbon Nanotube ◽

Dye Sensitized Solar Cells ◽

Single Walled Carbon Nanotube ◽

Single Walled Carbon ◽

Dye Sensitized ◽

Electron Transfer Pathways ◽

Sensitized Solar Cells

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Electron Transfer at Dye-sensitized Solar Cells

Journal of Computer Aided Chemistry ◽

10.2751/jcac.1.63 ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 1 ◽

pp. 63-67 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Osamu Kitao

Keyword(s):

Electron Transfer ◽

Solar Cells ◽

Dye Sensitized Solar Cells ◽

Dye Sensitized ◽

Sensitized Solar Cells

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Analysis of Electron Transfer Properties of ZnO and TiO2 Photoanodes for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

ACS Nano ◽

10.1021/nn405535j ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 8 (3) ◽

pp. 2261-2268 ◽

Cited By ~ 234

Author(s):

Aravind Kumar Chandiran ◽

Mojtaba Abdi-Jalebi ◽

Mohammad K. Nazeeruddin ◽

Michael Grätzel

Keyword(s):

Electron Transfer ◽

Solar Cells ◽

Dye Sensitized Solar Cells ◽

Dye Sensitized ◽

Electron Transfer Properties ◽

Sensitized Solar Cells ◽

Transfer Properties

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Improving interfacial electron transfer and light harvesting in dye-sensitized solar cells by using Ag nanowire/TiO2 nanoparticle composite films

RSC Advances ◽

10.1039/c5ra12192b ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 5 (86) ◽

pp. 70172-70177 ◽

Cited By ~ 18

Author(s):

Po-Chun Huang ◽

Tsan-Yao Chen ◽

Yi-Lin Wang ◽

Chiun-Yi Wu ◽

Tsang-Lang Lin

Keyword(s):

Electron Transfer ◽

Solar Cells ◽

Surface Plasmon Resonance ◽

Composite Films ◽

Dye Sensitized Solar Cells ◽

Interfacial Electron Transfer ◽

Dye Sensitized ◽

Ag Nanowires ◽

Sensitized Solar Cells ◽

Ag Nanowire

TiO2 coated Ag nanowires improved the interfacial electron transfer, the surface plasmon resonance, and the light-scattering in dye-sensitized solar cells.

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