The dye-sensitized solar cell database

Abstract

BackgroundDye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) have garnered a lot of attention in recent years. The solar energy to power conversion efficiency of a DSSC is influenced by various components of the cell such as the dye, electrolyte, electrodes and additives among others leading to varying experimental configurations. A large number of metal-based and metal-free dye sensitizers have now been reported and tools using such data to indicate new directions for design and development are on the rise.DescriptionDSSCDB, the first of its kind dye-sensitized solar cell database, aims to provide users with up-to-date information from publications on the molecular structures of the dyes, experimental details and reported measurements (efficiencies and spectral properties) and thereby facilitate a comprehensive and critical evaluation of the data. Currently, the DSSCDB contains over 4000 experimental observations spanning multiple dye classes such as triphenylamines, carbazoles, coumarins, phenothiazines, ruthenium and porphyrins.ConclusionThe DSSCDB offers a web-based, comprehensive source of property data for dye sensitized solar cells. Access to the database is available through the following URL: www.dyedb.com.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (10.1186/s13321-018-0272-0) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells: Fundamentals and Current Status

“…Despite having almost the same structure to the N3 dye, the higher value of η for N719 was accredited to the change in the counterions, as they altered the speed of adsorption onto the porous TiO 2 electrode, i.e., N3 is fast (3 h) whereas N719 is slow (24 h). The dye-sensitized solar cell database (DSSCDB) yields around 329 results assembled from over 250 articles when queried as “N719,” where the reported efficiencies range between 2 and 11% [ 160 ].…”

Design‐to‐Device Approach Affords Panchromatic Co‐Sensitized Solar Cells

“…This method has already been adopted in over 250 journal articles. [38] Table S2 in the Supporting Information provides the photovoltaic device performance for each sample, averaged across three different DSSCs. All measured J-V curves are given in Figure S3 in the Supporting Information.…”

Aggregation‐Free Organic Dyes Featuring Spiro[dibenzo[3,4:6,7]cyclohepta[1,2‐b]quinoxaline‐10,9′‐fluorene] (SDBQX) for Dye‐Sensitized Solar Cells

“…Since it was first reported in 1991, dye‐sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) have attracted wide attention and been well developed . Many chemists put their eyes on organic dyes because of their advantages such as low cost, low toxicity, easy structural modification and even efficiency predictable . Many kinds of excellent organic dyes have been developed, such as porphyrin dyes, N ‐annulated perylene dyes, and many different kinds of rigidified aromatics dyes .…”