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Photoelectrochemical Cell Engineering for Solar Energy Conversion

Solar energy is the most abundant energy source, harnessing solar energy holds the solution to the challenge of increasing global energy demand and reducing our dependence on fossil fuels. Photovoltaics which directly convert solar energy into electricity ...

EPFL2023

Hydroxamic acid pre-adsorption raises the efficiency of cosensitized solar cells

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Nikolaos Vlachopoulos, Ulf Anders Hagfeldt, Yiming Cao, Felix Thomas Eickemeyer, Yameng Ren, Dan Zhang, Jiajia Suo

Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs) convert light into electricity by using photosensitizers adsorbed on the surface of nanocrystalline mesoporous titanium dioxide (TiO2) films along with electrolytes or solid charge-transport materials(1-3). They possess ma ...

NATURE PORTFOLIO2023

An Organic Semiconductor Photoelectrochemical Tandem Cell for Solar Water Splitting

Mounir Driss Mensi, Jun Ho Yum, Kevin Sivula, Han-Hee Cho, Dan Zhang

Photoelectrochemical cells employing organic semiconductors (OS) are promising for solar-to-fuel conversion via water splitting. However, despite encouraging advances with the half reactions, complete overall water splitting remains a challenge. Herein, a ...

WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH2022

A molecular photosensitizer achieves a Voc of 1.24 V enabling highly efficient and stable dye-sensitized solar cells with copper(II/I)-based electrolyte

Michael Graetzel, Jacques-Edouard Moser, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Nikolaos Vlachopoulos, Ulf Anders Hagfeldt, Yiming Cao, Marko Stojanovic, Etienne Christophe Socie, Felix Thomas Eickemeyer, Yameng Ren, Dan Zhang

To develop photosensitizers with high open-circuit photovoltage (Voc) is a crucial strategy to enhance the power conversion efficiency (PCE) of co-sensitized solar cells. Here, we show a judiciously tailored organic photosensitizer, coded MS5, featuring th ...

Nature Research2021

A Blue Photosensitizer Realizing Efficient and Stable Green Solar Cells via Color Tuning by the Electrolyte

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Ulf Anders Hagfeldt, Yiming Cao, Peng Wang, Yameng Ren, Dan Zhang

Semitransparent dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs) are appealing as aesthetically pleasing and colorful see-through photovoltaics. Green semitransparent DSCs have been presented, but the best ones rely on green zinc porphyrin photosensitizers and high volat ...

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