Publications de Magdalena Anna Marszalek

Synthesis, characterization and ab initio investigation of a panchromatic ullazine–porphyrin photosensitizer for dye-sensitized solar cells

Michael Graetzel, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Ursula Röthlisberger, Basile Curchod, Magdalena Anna Marszalek, Negar Ashari Astani, Julien Edouard Frey, Simon Mathew

An ullazine unit was employed as a donor moiety in a donor-pi-acceptor (D-p-A) motif, employing the porphyrin macrocycle as a pi-system. Synthesis of this ullazine-porphyrin dyad containing sensitizer (SM63) was achieved and an investigation of the electro ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2016

Synthesis and optoelectronic properties of chemically modified bi-fluorenylidenes

Michael Graetzel, Jacques-Edouard Moser, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Robin Humphry-Baker, Magdalena Anna Marszalek, Mateusz Barnaba Wielopolski

The development of new light harvesting materials is a key issue for the progress of the research on organic & hybrid photovoltaics. Here, we report a new class of organic sensitizers based on the bi-fluorenylidene moiety as p-linker within the donor–p-lin ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2016

Nanocomposite Semi-Solid Redox Ionic Liquid Electrolytes with Enhanced Charge-Transport Capabilities for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Magdalena Anna Marszalek

The ability of Pt nanostructures to induce the splitting of the I-I bond in iodine (triiodide) molecules is explored here to enhance electron transfer in the iodine/iodide redox couple. Following the dispersal of Pt nanoparticles at 2% (weight) level, char ...

Wiley-VCH Verlag Berlin2015

Harvesting UV Photons for Solar Energy Conversion Applications

Jacques-Edouard Moser, Magdalena Anna Marszalek, Mateusz Barnaba Wielopolski

We report the synthesis and characterization of five new donor–π–spacer–acceptor dye molecules with a diphenylamine donor, fluorene–1,2,5-oxadiazole spacers and a range of acceptor/anchor groups (carboxylic acid 1, cyanoacrylic acid 2 and 3, alcohol 4 and ...

Royal Soc Chemistry2014

Effect of Extended π-Conjugation of the Donor Structure of Organic D–A−π–A Dyes on the Photovoltaic Performance of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

Michael Graetzel, Jacques-Edouard Moser, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Robin Humphry-Baker, Takeru Bessho, Magdalena Anna Marszalek, Mateusz Barnaba Wielopolski

Two new D−A−π-spacer−A organic dyes, KM-10 and KM-11, containing a benzothiadiazole unit in a π-spacer and a cyanoacrylic acid as an acceptor have been synthesized and tested as sensitizers in dye-sensitized solar cells. Structural variations of the donor ...

Amer Chemical Soc2014

Ionic Liquid-Sulfolane Composite Electrolytes for High-Performance and Stable Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Jean-David Décoppet, Mingkui Wang, Magdalena Anna Marszalek

Ionic liquid electrolytes are prepared using sulfolane as a plasticizer for eutectic melts to realize highly stable and efficiently performing dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs) in hot climate conditions. Variations in the viscosity of the formulations with ...

Wiley-VCH Verlag Berlin2014

Structural variations of D-pi-A dyes influence on the photovoltaic performance of dye-sensitized solar cells

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Robin Humphry-Baker, Magdalena Anna Marszalek

Two new organic D-pi-A dyes containing identical pi-conjugated spacer and anchoring/acceptor moieties but different donor groups were designed and synthesized. These dyes containing didodecylcyclopentadithiophene (CPDT) as a spacer, cyanoacrylic acid as an ...

RSC Publishing2013

Dye-sensitized solar cells : detailed studies focused on the molecular engineering of D-π-A dyes and the optimization of the application of ionic-liquid-based electrolytes

Magdalena Anna Marszalek

EPFL2013

π-Conjugated Donor-Acceptor Systems as Metal-Free Sensitizers for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell Applications

Michael Graetzel, Jacques-Edouard Moser, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Magdalena Anna Marszalek, Mateusz Barnaba Wielopolski

High extinction coefficients and easily tunable spectral properties of π - conjugated donor-acceptor dyes are of superior advantage for the design of new metal- free organic sensitizers for applications in dye-sensitized solar cells. Ultrafast transient ab ...

E D P Sciences2013

Bodipy dyes as a potential sentisizer for dye sensitized solar cells

Michael Graetzel, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Jun Ho Yum, Magdalena Anna Marszalek

Amer Chemical Soc2013

Donor-p-Acceptors Containing the 10-(1,3-Dithiol-2-ylidene)anthracene Unit for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Robin Humphry-Baker, Magdalena Anna Marszalek

Two donoracceptor molecular tweezers incorporating the 10-(1,3-dithiol-2-ylidene)anthracene unit as donor group and two cyanoacrylic units as accepting/anchoring groups are reported as metal-free sensitizers for dye-sensitized solar cells. By changing the ...

Wiley-Blackwell2012

A structural study of DPP-based sensitizers for DSC applications

Michael Graetzel, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Davide Di Censo, Jun Ho Yum, Magdalena Anna Marszalek, Peng Gao, Thomas Wesley Holcombe, Junghyun Yoon, Kasparas Rakstys

Four D-pi-A sensitizers comprising a thienyl-diketopyrrolopyrrole (ThDPP) bridge were synthesized and tested in iodide/triiodide liquid electrolyte DSC devices. The dye series was strategically designed to develop a structure-property relationship. The bes ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2012

Influence of the Anchoring Modes on the Electronic and Photovoltaic Properties of D−π–A Dyes

Michael Graetzel, Jacques-Edouard Moser, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Robin Humphry-Baker, Takeru Bessho, Magdalena Anna Marszalek, Mateusz Barnaba Wielopolski

Five new donor−π-bridge−acceptor (D−π−A) organic sensitizers with cyano and/or triple bond substituted benzoic acid as acceptor/anchoring groups were synthesized and tested for their performance in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs). The systematic incorpor ...

Amer Chemical Soc2012

High-conversion-efficiency organic dye-sensitized solar cells: molecular engineering on D-A-pi-A featured organic indoline dyes

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Magdalena Anna Marszalek, Qixing Zhang, Yinghui Wu

This paper reports a new D-A-pi-A organic dye WS-9, which is derived from the known dye WS-2 by incorporating an n-hexylthiophene unit into the pi-conjugation. Due to the presence of a strong electron-withdrawing benzothiadiazole unit in the pi-bridge, the ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2012

Significant Improvement of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell Performance by Small Structural Modification in π-Conjugated Donor-Acceptor Dyes

Michael Graetzel, Jacques-Edouard Moser, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Robin Humphry-Baker, Joël Teuscher, Magdalena Anna Marszalek, Mateusz Barnaba Wielopolski, Amaresh Mishra

Two donor-π-acceptor (D-π-A) dyes are synthesized for application in dye- sensitized solar cells (DSSC). These D-π-A sensitizers use triphenylamine as donor, oligothiophene as both donor and π-bridge, and benzothiadiazole (BTDA)/cyanoacrylic acid as accept ...

Wiley-Blackwell2012

Tuning spectral properties of phenothiazine based donor-pi-acceptor dyes for efficient dye-sensitized solar cells

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Robin Humphry-Baker, Magdalena Anna Marszalek

Two novel metal-free organic donor-pi-acceptor dyes were synthesized using electron-rich 10-butyl-(2-methylthio)-10H-phenothiazine as a donor and cyanoacrylic acid as an acceptor. The spectral response of the dye was tuned by introducing a vinylene thiophe ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2012

Optimization of distyryl-Bodipy chromophores for efficient panchromatic sensitization in dye sensitized solar cells

Michael Graetzel, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Jun Ho Yum, Magdalena Anna Marszalek

Versatility of Bodipy (4,4-difluoro-4-bora-3a, 4a-diaza-s-indacene) dyes was further expanded in recent dye-sensitized solar cell applications. Here we report a series of derivatives designed to address earlier problems in Bodipy sensitized solar cells. In ...

2011

Application of Ionic Liquids Containing Tricyanomethanide [C(CN)(3)](-) or Tetracyanoborate [B(CN)(4)](-) Anions in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Rosario Scopelliti, Paul Joseph Dyson, Zhaofu Fei, Magdalena Anna Marszalek

A series of novel ionic liquids composed of imidazolium, pyridinium, pyrrolidinium, and ammonium cations with tricyanomethanide or tetracyanoborate anions were prepared. The ionic liquids were characterized by NMR and IR spectroscopy and ESI-mass spectrome ...

2011

Synthesis, characterization and photovoltaic properties of novel molecules based on triarylamine dyes

Magdalena Anna Marszalek

We report the synthesis, electrochemical and photovoltaic properties of triphenylamine based novel organic sensitizer, comprising donor, electron-conducting and anchoring group. Different triphenylamines were synthesized as donor unit and connected to cyan ...

Elsevier2010