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Cation-Induced Band-Gap Tuning in Organohalide Perovskites: Interplay of Spin-Orbit Coupling and Octahedra Tilting

Michael Graetzel, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Paolo Umari, Filippo de Angelis

Organohalide lead perovskites have revolutionized the scenario of emerging photovoltaic technologies. The prototype MAPbI(3) perovskite (MA = CH3NH3+) has dominated the field, despite only harvesting photons above 750 nm (similar to 1.6 eV). Intensive rese ...

American Chemical Society2014

Dithieno[2,3-d;2 ',3 '-d ']benzo[1,2-b;4,5-b ']-dithiophene based organic sensitizers for dye-sensitized solar cells

Michael Graetzel, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Hoi Nok Tsao, Peng Gao, Xin Guo

We report two novel D-pi-A type organic dyes with a coplanar dithieno[2,3-d; 2',3'-d']benzo[1,2 b;4,5-b']dithiophene (DTBDT) as pi-spacer for dye-sensitized solar cells. A best device performance with a power conversion efficiency of 6.32% is achieved, mak ...

RSC Publishing2014

Perovskite as Light Harvester: A Game Changer in Photovoltaics

Michael Graetzel, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin

It is not often that the scientific community is blessed with a material, which brings enormous hopes and receives special attention. When it does, it expands at a rapid pace and its every dimension creates curiosity. One such material is perovskite, which ...

Wiley-Blackwell2014

The Role of Insulating Oxides in Blocking the Charge Carrier Recombination in Dye- Sensitized Solar Cells

Michael Graetzel, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Aravind Kumar Chandiran

Electron recombination is one of the major loss factors in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSC), especially, with single electron outer sphere redox shuttle electrolyte. Insulating sub-nanometer oxide tunneling layers deposited by atomic layer deposition (ALD) ...

Wiley-Blackwell2014

Rutile TiO2-based perovskite solar cells

Michael Graetzel

A perovskite solar cell based on rutile TiO2 film was prepared and its photovoltaic performance was compared to an anatase TiO2-based perovskite solar cell. Rutile TiO2 nanoparticles with aspect ratio of 0.2 (20 nm wide and 100 nm long) were prepared by hy ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2014

Molecular Engineering of Phthalocyanine Sensitizers for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

Michael Graetzel, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Jun Ho Yum, Simon Mathew, Yongjoo Kim

A series of novel near-infrared-absorbing zinc phthalocyanines bearing donor-chromophore-acceptor/anchoring groups have been synthesized to investigate their influence on solar cell performance. With the aim of extending the absorption spectra while mainta ...

American Chemical Society2014

Molecular gelation of ionic liquid-sulfolane mixtures, a solid electrolyte for high performance dye-sensitized solar cells

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Jean-David Décoppet, Thomas Moehl

Cyclohexanecarboxylic acid-[4-(3-tetradecylureido)phenyl]amide is an efficient gelator to solidify ionic liquid electrolytes. In this paper we apply this low molecular weight gelator to solidify the newly prepared sulfolane based ionic liquid electrolyte. ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2014

4,9-Dihydro-4,4,9,9-tetrahexyl-s-indaceno[1,2-b:5,6-b ']dithiophene as a pi-Spacer of Donor-pi-Acceptor Dye and Its Photovoltaic Performance with Liquid and Solid-State Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Robin Humphry-Baker, Jean-David Décoppet, Soo-Jin Moon, Thomas Moehl

A new D-pi-A organic dye, LC-5, containing 4,9-dihydro-4,4,9,9-tetrahexyl-s-indaceno[1,2-b:5,6-b']-dithiophene as a novel pi-conjugated spacer has been synthesized and tested as a sensitizer in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSC). Volatile and ionic liquid el ...

American Chemical Society2014

Ruthenium Oxide Hydrogen Evolution Catalysis on Composite Cuprous Oxide Water-Splitting Photocathodes

Michael Graetzel, Marcel Roland Schreier, Stanley David Tilley, Morgan Mertens Stefik

Photocathodes based on cuprous oxide (Cu2O) are promising materials for large scale and widespread solar fuel generation due to the abundance of copper, suitable bandgap, and favorable band alignments for reducing water and carbon dioxide. A protective ove ...

Wiley-Blackwell2014

Hydrogen evolution from a copper(I) oxide photocathode coated with an amorphous molybdenum sulphide catalyst

Michael Graetzel, Xile Hu, Heron Vrubel, Stanley David Tilley, Carlos Gilberto Morales Guio

Concerns over climate change resulting from accumulation of anthropogenic carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and the uncertainty in the amount of recoverable fossil fuel reserves are driving forces for the development of renewable, carbon-neutral energy tech ...

Nature Publishing Group2014

Acetylene-bridged dyes with high open circuit potential for dye-sensitized solar cells

Pascal Comte, Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Thomas Moehl, Aswani Yella, Yongjoo Kim, Fabrizio Giordano, Chi-Lun Mai

A series of simple metal-free organic dyes MS1-MS3 have been designed and synthesized, and their optical, electrochemical, and photovoltaic properties were investigated. The molecular structures are based on a push-pull framework with a triphenylamine, nap ...

RSC Publishing2014

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

Nanocrystalline Rutile Electron Extraction Layer Enables Low-Temperature Solution Processed Perovskite Photovoltaics with 13.7% Efficiency

Michael Graetzel, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Leo-Philipp Heiniger, Aswani Yella, Peng Gao

We demonstrate low-temperature (70 degrees C) solution processing of TiO2/CH3NH3PbI3 based solar cells, resulting in impressive power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 13.7%. Along with the high efficiency, a strikingly high open circuit potential (V-OC) of 1 ...

American Chemical Society2014

Effects of TiO2 Particle Size On the Performance of Dye Sensitized Solar Cells Using Ionic Liquid Electrolytes

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin

Different-sized nanocrystalline-TiO2 particles have been used for the optimization of photovoltaic er effects of dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs) using an ionic-liquid (IL) electrolyte. Ru dye (Z907) was used for the IL-DSC optimization. The TiO2 nanopart ...

World Scientific Publ Co Pte Ltd2014

Passivation of ZnO Nanowire Guests and 3D Inverse Opal Host Photoanodes for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

Michael Graetzel, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Nicolas Tétreault, Aravind Kumar Chandiran, Thomas Moehl, Hauke Arne Harms, Philippe Pierre Labouchère

A hierarchical host-guest nanostructured photoanode is reported for dye-sensitized solar cells. It is composed of ZnO nanowires grown in situ into the macropores of a 3D ZnO inverse opal structure, which acts both as a seed layer and as a conductive backbo ...

Wiley-VCH Verlag Berlin2014

Thiadiazolo[3,4-c]pyridine Acceptor Based Blue Sensitizers for High Efficiency Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

Pascal Comte, Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Carole Graetzel, Robin Humphry-Baker, Joël Teuscher, Thomas Moehl, Chenyi Yi, Jiabao Yang

Two new [1,2,5]thiadiazolo[3,4-c]pyridine-containing D-A-pi-A organic dyes (PT-1 and PT-2) have been designed and synthesized for utilization in dye-sensitized solar cells. PT-2 sensitizer, which was synthesized by incorporating the 4,4-bis(2-ethylhexyl)-4 ...

American Chemical Society2014

Molecular Engineering of Push-Pull Porphyrin Dyes for Highly Efficient Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells: The Role of Benzene Spacers

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Aswani Yella, Chi-Lun Mai

Porphyrins have drawn much attention as sensitizers owing to the large absorption coefficients of their Soret and Q bands in the visible region. In a donor and acceptor zinc porphyrin we applied a new strategy of introducing 2,1,3-benzothiadiazole (BTD) as ...

Wiley-Blackwell2014

Dye Regeneration Dynamics by Electron Donors on Mesoscopic TiO2 Films

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Thomas Moehl

The influence of different redox mediators and electrolyte constituents on charge transfer processes in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSC) was studied by contactless transient photoconductance (TPC) measurements. Device subsets without FTO (Fluorine-doped ti ...

American Chemical Society2014

Unravelling the mechanism of photoinduced charge transfer processes in lead iodide perovskite solar cells

Michael Graetzel, Jacques-Edouard Moser, Joël Teuscher, Arianna Marchioro, Thomas Moehl

Lead halide perovskites have recently been used as light absorbers in hybrid organic–inorganic solid-state solar cells, with efficiencies as high as 15% and open-circuit voltages of 1 V. However, a detailed explanation of the mechanisms of operation within ...

Nature Publishing Group2014

A hole-conductor-free, fully printable mesoscopic perovskite solar cell with high stability

Michael Graetzel, Xiong Li, Ying Yang

We fabricated a perovskite solar cell that uses a double layer of mesoporous TiO2 and ZrO2 as a scaffold infiltrated with perovskite and does not require a hole-conducting layer. The perovskite was produced by drop-casting a solution of PbI2, methylammoniu ...

American Association for the Advancement of Science2014

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