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Molecular Engineering of Efficient Dyes for p-Type Semiconductor Sensitization

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High-Efficiency Solar Cells

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Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs) based on p-type semiconductors such as nickel oxide have attracted considerable attention during the past 5 years. In this chapter, we focus on the progress related to improving p-DSC efficiency with the sensitizer. First, we summarize the specificities of p-DSC relative to conventional Grätzel cells, and then we establish the requirements for an efficient sensitizer. Second, we review all the results on published dyes and discuss the strategy for improvements. The molecular design principles of the dyes are also presented in order to pave the way and stimulate new directions.

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The authors thank the “Région Pays de la Loire” for the program PERLE1&2 and NiOPhotoCat and the ANR-Progelec agency (program POSITIF n° ANR-12-PRGE-0016-01). F.B.A. is indebted to the Région des Pays de la Loire for his PhD grant. D.J. acknowledges both the European Research Council (ERC) and the Région des Pays de la Loire for financial support in the framework of a Starting Grant (Marches—278845) and a recrutement sur poste stratégique, respectively.

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    Fabrice Odobel, Yann Pellegrin, Frédéric B. Anne & Denis Jacquemin

  2. Institut Universitaire de France, 103 blvd St Michel, 75005, Paris Cedex 5, France

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Odobel, F., Pellegrin, Y., Anne, F.B., Jacquemin, D. (2014). Molecular Engineering of Efficient Dyes for p-Type Semiconductor Sensitization. In: Wang, X., Wang, Z. (eds) High-Efficiency Solar Cells. Springer Series in Materials Science, vol 190. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-01988-8_8

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