scholarly journals Investigation of UV Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Based on Water Electrolyte: A New Insight for Wavelength-Selective Greenhouse

Crystals ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 98
Author(s):  
Daiana Albulescu ◽  
Daniel Ursu ◽  
Lucian-Mircea Rusnac ◽  
Sabina Nitu ◽  
Marinela Miclau ◽  
...  

The optimization of the photoactive electrode based on TiO2 with a complex architecture for UV dyes along with water-based electrolyte has successfully allowed us (i) to obtain a photovoltaic efficiency of the dye-sensitized solar cell with 1.45 times higher than the best efficiency reported for synthetic dye and 3 times for curcumin dye so far; (ii) transparency on the entire Photosynthetic Active Radiation domain; (iii) preserving high efficiency for lighting 1 sun (summer) and shading, especially for 60 mW/cm2, which represents the maximum illumination in the rest of the seasons. Our water-based dye-sensitized solar cells loaded with synthetic and natural UV dyes have revealed that the implementation of a dye-sensitized solar cell in autonomous greenhouses is a viable and inexpensive concept.

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (42) ◽  
pp. 11444-11456 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonnadula Venkata Suman Krishna ◽  
Narra Vamsi Krishna ◽  
Towhid H. Chowdhury ◽  
Suryaprakash Singh ◽  
Idriss Bedja ◽  
...  

We have designed and synthesised four novel porphyrin sensitizers for dye-sensitized solar cell applications and shown power conversion efficiency of 10.5%.


2018 ◽  
Vol 47 (34) ◽  
pp. 11942-11952 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kitty Y. Chen ◽  
Phil A. Schauer ◽  
Brian O. Patrick ◽  
Curtis P. Berlinguette

Two sets of structurally analogous Co(iii/ii)-based redox mediators were incorporated in the dye-sensitized solar cells and a linear correlation was demonstrated between redox potential and photovoltage.


2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (12) ◽  
pp. 6383-6391 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jia-De Peng ◽  
Chuan-Pei Lee ◽  
D. Velayutham ◽  
V. Suryanarayanan ◽  
Kuo-Chuan Ho

A quasi-solid state dye-sensitized solar cell with the photoanode film of mesoporous TiO2spheres exhibited an efficiency of 6.18% and unfailing stability for 1200 h at 50 °C.


2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (13) ◽  
pp. 5605-5612 ◽  
Author(s):  
Radhakrishnan Sivakumar ◽  
Rodrigo Recabarren ◽  
Sekar Ramkumar ◽  
Arumugam Manivel ◽  
Jans Alzate-Morales ◽  
...  

A new type of ruthenium sensitizers, S3 and S4, consisting of carbazole–diazafluorene based bipolar ancillary ligands have been synthesized and characterized for dye sensitized solar cells.


2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (6) ◽  
pp. 1059-1072 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Prachumrak ◽  
T. Sudyoadsuk ◽  
A. Thangthong ◽  
P. Nalaoh ◽  
S. Jungsuttiwong ◽  
...  

Three new D–π–A dyes containing different numbers of triphenylamine donor substitutions on a π-linker were synthesized for dye-sensitized solar cells.


2015 ◽  
Vol 44 (33) ◽  
pp. 14697-14706 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tejaswi Jella ◽  
Malladi Srikanth ◽  
Rambabu Bolligarla ◽  
Yarasi Soujanya ◽  
Surya Prakash Singh ◽  
...  

Three new heteroleptic Ru(ii) polypyridyl complexes have been designed with a pyridine-benzimidazole functionalized ligand for dye-sensitized solar cells.


RSC Advances ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (40) ◽  
pp. 31404-31409 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Veerapandian ◽  
S. Amudha ◽  
S. Austin Suthanthiraraj ◽  
M. Abdul Rahman ◽  
A. Sultan Nasar

The photovoltaic parameters of dye sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) fabricated with and without fourth generation polyurethane dendrimers have been discussed.


Nanoscale ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (12) ◽  
pp. 5164-5168 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jung Woo Lee ◽  
Jun Hyuk Moon

A bilayer of a mesoscopic inverse opal and a top macroporous inverse opal layer were fabricated for electrodes in dye-sensitized solar cells.


2014 ◽  
Vol 625 ◽  
pp. 110-113
Author(s):  
Stephanie Lau Chai Tying ◽  
Coswald Stephen Sipaut ◽  
Jedol Dayou ◽  
Rachel Fran Mansa

Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) have been extensively studied due to their promising potential for high efficiency, low production cost and eco-friendly production. The photoanode of DSSCs is traditionally composed of randomly packed TiO2 nanoparticles which have large specific surface area and suitable band gap (3.2 eV) for the effective injection of electrons from the dye molecules to the semiconductor. However, its high surface charge recombination rate accounts for its low efficiency. Alternatively, silica which is chemically inert, thermally stable, high surface area, and inexpensive can be used to substitute TiO2 as photoanode material. However, bulk silica has a wide band gap of 8.9 eV and its band gap need to be narrowed in order to use it as photoanode materials. Thus, in this study, the effect of nanosilica photoanode and its particle size on the performance of dye sensitized solar cell are investigated and characterized. The result is then compared with the fumed silica and conventional TiO2 DSSCs. Although the results shows that photon-electron conversion is inferior compared to TiO2 photoanode, it has a great potential as the fabrication cost is low and more environmental friendly.Keywords : Dye Sensitized Solar Cell, Photoanode material, Nanosilica, Sol gel synthesis


RSC Advances ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (17) ◽  
pp. 13964-13970 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takeshi Mori ◽  
Hitoshi Saomoto ◽  
Koji Machitani ◽  
Kaname Inoue ◽  
Yasunori Aoki ◽  
...  

We report the effect of the non-conjugated 5-position substituent of pyrazoline-based photosensitizers on the photophysical characteristics and performance of dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs).


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