Molecular Design to Improve the Performance of Donor–π Acceptor Near??IR Organic Dye??Sensitized Solar Cells

…, X Yang, M Zhou, J Cong, X Wang, A Hagfeldt…

Index: Hao, Yan; Yang, Xichuan; Zhou, Meizhen; Cong, Jiayan; Wang, Xiuna; Hagfeldt, Anders; Sun, Licheng ChemSusChem, 2011 , vol. 4, # 11 p. 1601 - 1605

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Abstract

Since Grätzel and O'Brian first reported dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs) in 1991, much effort has been devoted towards improving their energy conversion efficiency.[1–3] Recently, the design and synthesis of infrared/near-infrared (IR/near-IR)-dyes has become an important topic in the area of solar cells since it has been recognized that the solar spectrum has a large photon flux in the region of 500–1000 nm. Improving the absorption of solar ...