Advanced research trends in dye-sensitized solar cells

Kokkonen, Mikko; Talebi, Parisa; Zhou, Jin; Asgari, Somayyeh; Soomro, Suhail Ahmed; Elsehrawy, Farid; Halme, Janne; Ahmad, Shahzada; Hagfeldt, Anders; Hashmi, Syed Ghufran

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“…Recently, Kokkonen et al reviewed all these aspects with artificial light applications in mind. 855 Around the beginning of the millennium, activities on flexible DSC were taking off. Companies such as Konarka Technologies, USA, and Sekisui Chemical, Taiyo Yuden Co. and Peccell Technologies, Japan, developed such technologies.…”

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Dye-sensitized solar cells strike back

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“…The strong interest in the use of CNSs in general to improve performances of DSSCs is indeed indicated by a quick increase in reports in the past year [ 76 , 77 , 78 , 79 ].…”

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Organic Functionalized Carbon Nanostructures for Solar Energy Conversion

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This review presents an overview of the use of organic functionalized carbon nanostructures (CNSs) in solar energy conversion schemes. Our attention was focused in particular on the contribution of organic chemistry to the development of new hybrid materials that find application in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs), organic photovoltaics (OPVs), and perovskite solar cells (PSCs), as well as in photocatalytic fuel production, focusing in particular on the most recent literature. The request for new materials able to accompany the green energy transition that are abundant, low-cost, low-toxicity, and made from renewable sources has further increased the interest in CNSs that meet all these requirements. The inclusion of an organic molecule, thanks to both covalent and non-covalent interactions, in a CNS leads to the development of a completely new hybrid material able of combining and improving the properties of both starting materials. In addition to the numerical data, which unequivocally state the positive effect of the new hybrid material, we hope that these examples can inspire further research in the field of photoactive materials from an organic point of view.

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“…Hybrid compound electro-catalysts based on carbon, conductive polymer, and metal compound electro-catalysts could offer some advantages such as good electrocatalytic ability, good corrosion resistance, adjustable energy levels, good electrical conductivity, good adhesion to the substrate, and high possibility of roll-to-roll processing [ 3 , 13 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 23 , 83 , 84 , 85 ]. Here, some literature about the hybrid compounds in DSSC improvements based on the following four concepts are briefly introduced: (1) combining different material compounds, (2) increasing the reaction surface areas, (3) embedding heteroatoms into basal layers, and (4) increasing specific electron pathways ( Figure 10 ).…”

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Recent Advances on Pt-Free Electro-Catalysts for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

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Since Prof. Grätzel and co-workers achieved breakthrough progress on dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) in 1991, DSSCs have been extensively investigated and wildly developed as a potential renewable power source in the last two decades due to their low cost, low energy-intensive processing, and high roll-to-roll compatibility. During this period, the highest efficiency recorded for DSSC under ideal solar light (AM 1.5G, 100 mW cm−2) has increased from ~7% to ~14.3%. For the practical use of solar cells, the performance of photovoltaic devices in several conditions with weak light irradiation (e.g., indoor) or various light incident angles are also an important item. Accordingly, DSSCs exhibit high competitiveness in solar cell markets because their performances are less affected by the light intensity and are less sensitive to the light incident angle. However, the most used catalyst in the counter electrode (CE) of a typical DSSC is platinum (Pt), which is an expensive noble metal and is rare on earth. To further reduce the cost of the fabrication of DSSCs on the industrial scale, it is better to develop Pt-free electro-catalysts for the CEs of DSSCs, such as transition metallic compounds, conducting polymers, carbonaceous materials, and their composites. In this article, we will provide a short review on the Pt-free electro-catalyst CEs of DSSCs with superior cell compared to Pt CEs; additionally, those selected reports were published within the past 5 years.

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Advanced research trends in dye-sensitized solar cells

Abstract: Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) are an efficient photovoltaic technology for powering electronic applications such as wireless sensors with indoor light. Their low cost and abundant materials, as well as their...

Cited by 256 publications

References 104 publications

Dye-sensitized solar cells strike back

Dye-sensitized solar cells strike back

Organic Functionalized Carbon Nanostructures for Solar Energy Conversion

Recent Advances on Pt-Free Electro-Catalysts for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

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