Semiconducting organic polymers as hole-transport layer in solid-state dye sensitized solar cells: Comprehensive insights from femtosecond transient spectroscopy and device optimization

Optics Infobase Conference Papers (2012)

Authors:

RSS Kumar, G Grancini, A Petrozza, HJ Snaith, G Lanzani

Abstract:

Device optimization and ultrafast absorption spectroscopic investigations on the role of semiconducting polymer as hole-transport layer in solid-state dye sensitized solar cells suggest their dual role of dye-regeneration and light-antenna assisting in improved photoconversion-efficiencies.

A panchromatic anthracene-fused porphyrin sensitizer for dye-sensitized solar cells

RSC ADVANCES 2:17 (2012) 6846-6853

Authors:

James M Ball, Nicola KS Davis, James D Wilkinson, James Kirkpatrick, Joel Teuscher, Robert Gunning, Harry L Anderson, Henry J Snaith

The effect of selective interactions at the interface of polymer – oxide hybrid solar cells

Energy & Environmental Science Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) 5:10 (2012) 9068-9076

Authors:

Eleonora V Canesi, Maddalena Binda, Antonio Abate, Simone Guarnera, Luca Moretti, Valerio D'Innocenzo, R Sai Santosh Kumar, Chiara Bertarelli, Agnese Abrusci, Henry Snaith, Alberto Calloni, Alberto Brambilla, Franco Ciccacci, Stefano Aghion, Fabio Moia, Rafael Ferragut, Claudio Melis, Giuliano Malloci, Alessandro Mattoni, Guglielmo Lanzani, Annamaria Petrozza

The renaissance of dye-sensitized solar cells

NATURE PHOTONICS 6:3 (2012) 162-169

Authors:

Brian E Hardin, Henry J Snaith, Michael D McGehee

Triblock-Terpolymer-Directed Self-Assembly of Mesoporous TiO2: High-Performance Photoanodes for Solid-State Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

ADVANCED ENERGY MATERIALS 2:6 (2012) 676-682

Authors:

Pablo Docampo, Morgan Stefik, Stefan Guldin, Robert Gunning, Nataliya A Yufa, Ning Cai, Peng Wang, Ullrich Steiner, Ulrich Wiesner, Henry J Snaith