Publications by Natalie Flores Diaz

The Rise of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells: From Molecular Photovoltaics to Emerging Solid-State Photovoltaic Technologies

Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Nikolaos Vlachopoulos, Ulf Anders Hagfeldt, Marko Stojanovic, Natalie Flores Diaz, Yuhang Liu, Jovana Milic, Yameng Ren, Zhongjin Shen, Lukas Pfeifer

Over the past three decades, dye-sensitized solar cells (i. e. Gratzel cells) have evolved from a pioneering concept of molecular photovoltaics to large-scale industrial deployment. In this review article, we provide a historical overview of the developmen ...

WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH2021

Thermodynamic stability screening of IR-photonic processed multication halide perovskite thin films

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Ulf Anders Hagfeldt, Sandy Sanchez Alonso, Natalie Flores Diaz, Pascal Alexander Schouwink, Brian Irving Carlsen

We report a material screening study for phase transitions of multication hybrid halide perovskite films. Two hundred sixty-six films processed with flash infrared annealing were optically and structurally characterized. This data was compiled into a datab ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2021

Interfacial engineering for competitive Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells production

Natalie Flores Diaz

Renewable energy deployment and implementation of a circular economy will play a crucial role in decreasing CO2 emissions to meet the target from the Paris agreement. Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) can be designed in various colors and transparency for ...

EPFL2021

Dopant-Free Hole-Transport Materials with Germanium Compounds Bearing Pseudohalide and Chalcogenide Moieties for Perovskite Solar Cells

Ulf Anders Hagfeldt, Natalie Flores Diaz

Hole-transport materials (HTMs) are key electronic components for the functioning of perovskite solar cells (PSCs) as they extract the photogenerated holes from the perovskite to be transported subsequently to the back electrode while minimizing the loss f ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2020

Zinc Phthalocyanine Conjugated Dimers as Efficient Dopant-Free Hole Transporting Materials in Perovskite Solar Cells

Ulf Anders Hagfeldt, Kazuteru Nonomura, Natalie Flores Diaz, Brian Irving Carlsen, Marco Alejandro Ruiz Preciado, Desiré Molina Alcaide, Bowen Yang, Felix Thomas Eickemeyer

Four ZnPc-dimers with 2,5-thienyl (ZnPc-th-ZnPc 1), 2,7-fluorenyl (ZnPc-flu-ZnPc 2), 3,6-bisthienylldiketopyrrolopyrrole (ZnPc-DPP-ZnPc 3) and 1,4-phenyl (ZnPc-p-ZnPc 4) bridges have been studied as dopant-free hole transporting materials (HTMs) in perovsk ...

WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH2020

Blue Photosensitizer with Copper(II/I) Redox Mediator for Efficient and Stable Dye‐Sensitized Solar Cells

Michael Graetzel, Jacques-Edouard Moser, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Jean-David Décoppet, Ulf Anders Hagfeldt, Yiming Cao, Natalie Flores Diaz, George Cameron Fish, Yameng Ren, Dan Zhang

Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs) based on copper(II/I) redox mediators have recently achieved notable performance progress through tailoring the ligand structure of the copper complexes, exploiting cosensitization, and introducing an advanced device struc ...

2020

A tandem redox system with a cobalt complex and 2-azaadamantane-N-oxyl for fast dye regeneration and open circuit voltages exceeding 1 V

Michael Graetzel, Jacques-Edouard Moser, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Nikolaos Vlachopoulos, Ulf Anders Hagfeldt, Heewon Bahng, Natalie Flores Diaz

A new tandem electrolyte composed of two redox pairs, the organic radical 2-azaadamantane-N-oxyl (AZ) and the well-known redox pair Co(bpy)(3) was investigated in dye sensitized solar cells. Importantly, an increase in V-OC was achieved using the ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2019

Metal Coordination Complexes as Redox Mediators in Regenerative Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Nikolaos Vlachopoulos, Ulf Anders Hagfeldt, Marko Stojanovic, Yasemin Saygili, Natalie Flores Diaz

Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) have attracted a substantial interest in the last 30 years for the conversion of solar power to electricity. An important component is the redox mediator effecting the transport of charge between the photoelectrode and th ...

2019