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Tetrahydrothiophenium-based ionic liquids for high efficiency dye-sensitized solar cells

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Mingkui Wang, Peng Wang, Yiming Cao

Binary melts of S-ethyltetrahydrothiophenium iodide and dicyanoamide (or tricyanomethide) have been employed for dye-sensitized solar cells with high power conversion efficiencies up to 6.9% under the illumination of AM 1.5G full sunlight. We have further ...

2008

Ionic liquid electrolyte

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Peng Wang

The present invention relates to electrolytes comprising tetracyanoborate and an organic cation as components of electrolytes in electrochemical and/or optoelectronic devices, in particular solar cells. This ionic liquid has low viscosity and can be used a ...

2007

Dye sensitized solar cell

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Peng Wang

A dye sensitized solar cell, wherein a compacting compound whose molecular structure comprises a terminal group, a hydrophobic part and an anchoring group is co-adsorbed together with the dye on the semi-conductive metal oxide layer of the photoanode, form ...

2005

Employ a bisthienothiophene linker to construct an organic chromophore for efficient and stable dye-sensitized solar cells

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Peng Wang, Yu Bai, Sophie Wenger

We employed the bisthienothiophene conjugated linker along with a hydrophobic triphenylamine electron-donor and a hydrophilic cyanoacrylic acid electron-acceptor to construct a high molar extinction coefficient organic photosensitizer, exhibiting a power c ...

2009

Energy-Level and Molecular Engineering of Organic D-pi-A Sensitizers in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Peng Wang, Nuttapol Pootrakulchote

A series of organic D-pi-A sensitizers composed of different triarylamine donors in conjugation with the thienothiophene unit and cyanoacrylic acid as an acceptor has been synthesized at a moderate yield. Through tuning the number of methoxy substituents o ...

2008

An Organic Sensitizer with a Fused Dithienothiophene Unit for Efficient and Stable Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Peng Wang, Sophie Wenger

We report a high molar extinction coefficient organic sensitizer for high efficiency dye-sensitized solar cells. In combination with a solvent-free ionic liquid electrolyte, we have demonstrated a 7% cell showing an excellent stability measured under the t ...

2008

High-Performance Liquid and Solid Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Based on a Novel Metal-Free Organic Sensitizer

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Robin Humphry-Baker, Mingkui Wang, Peng Wang

A new metal-free organic sensitizer (see figure) for high-performance and applicable dye-sensitized solar cells is presented. In combination with a solvent-free ionic liquid electrolyte, a similar to 7% cell made with this sensitizer shows all excellent st ...

Wiley2008

New Organic Sensitizer for Stable Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells with Solvent-Free Ionic Liquid Electrolytes

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Peng Wang, Yiming Cao, Nuttapol Pootrakulchote

We report a high molar extinction coefficient metal-free sensitizer composed of a triarylamine donor in combination with the 2-(2,2'-bithiophen-5-yl)acrylonitrile conjugation unit and cyanoacrylic acid as an acceptor. In conjugation with a volatile acetoni ...

2008

High molecular extinction coefficient metal dyes

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Peng Wang

The present invention relates to novel compounds that are useful as ligands in organometallic dyes. More particularly, the invention relates to dyes comprising the compounds, said dyes being sensitizing dyes useful in solar cell technology. According to an ...

2010

Organic sensitizers

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Peng Wang

The present invention relates to new organic sensitizer compounds and to photoelectric conversion devices, in particular dye-sensitised solar cells comprising the new sensitizers. The present invention also relates to flexible photoelectric conversion devi ...

2010

An Oxa[5]helicene-Based Racemic Semiconducting Glassy Film for Photothermally Stable Perovskite Solar Cells

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Peng Wang, Yang Li, Jialin Wang

Attaining the durability of high-efficiency perovskite solar cells (PSCs) operated under concomitant light and thermal stresses is still a serious concern before large-scale application. It is crucial to maintain the phase stability of the organic hole-tra ...

2019

Eutectic melts

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Peng Wang, Yiming Cao

The present invention refers to using the principal of a room temperature molten ionic liquid, to an electrolyte, to devices comprising the ionic liquid co-melting, and to the preparation of a room temperature ionic liquid via various physical and chemical ...

2009

A peri-Xanthenoxanthene Centered Columnar-Stacking Organic Semiconductor for Efficient, Photothermally Stable Perovskite Solar Cells

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Peng Wang, Yang Li

Modulating the structure and property of hole-transporting organic semiconductors is of paramount importance for high-efficiency and stable perovskite solar cells (PSCs). This work reports a low-cost peri-xanthenoxanthene based small-molecule P1, which is ...

WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH2019

An Organic D-pi-A Dye for Record Efficiency Solid-State Sensitized Heterojunction Solar Cells

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Robin Humphry-Baker, Peng Wang, Thomas Moehl, Soo-Jin Moon

The high molar absorption coefficient organic D-pi-A dye C220 exhibits more than 6% certified electric power conversion efficiency at AM 1.5G solar irradiation (100 mW cm(-2)) in a solid-state dye sensitized solar cell using 2,2',7,7'-tetrakis(N,N-dimethox ...

American Chemical Society2011

Bifunctional Organic Spacers for Formamidinium-Based Hybrid Dion-Jacobson Two-Dimensional Perovskite Solar Cells

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Ulf Anders Hagfeldt, Peng Wang, Mohammad Ibrahim Dar, Yuhang Liu, Jovana Milic, Jiyoun Seo, Amita Ummadisingu, Yang Li, Hui-Seon Kim, Jeong-Hyeok Im

Three-dimensional (3D) perovskite materials display remarkable potential in photovoltaics owing to their superior solar-to-electric power conversion efficiency, with current efforts focused on improving stability. Two-dimensional (2D) perovskite analogues ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2019

An efficient DSSC based on ZnO nanowire photo-anodes and a new D-pi-A organic dye

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Peng Wang, Lioz Etgar

Zinc oxide-titanium dioxide core-shell nanowire dye-sensitised solar cells have been synthesised, making use of a recently developed organic dye and iodide-based electrolyte. We have been able to demonstrate a cell efficiency of 2.53% under AM1.5 for our s ...

2011

Enhanced-Light-Harvesting Amphiphilic Ruthenium Dye for Efficient Solid-State Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Robin Humphry-Baker, Mingkui Wang, Peng Wang, Florian Le Formal, Soo-Jin Moon, Carole Graetzel

A ruthenium sensitizer (coded C101, NaRu (4,4'-bis(5-hexylthiophen-2-yl)-2,2'-bipyridine) (4-carboxylic acid-4'-caboxylate-2,2'-bipyridine) (NCS)(2)) containing a hexylthiophene-conjugated bipyridyl group as an ancillary ligand is presented for use in soli ...

Wiley-Blackwell2010

High-Efficiency Solid-State Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells: Fast Charge Extraction through Self-Assembled 3D Fibrous Network of Crystalline TiO2 Nanowires

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, László Forró, Arnaud Magrez, Endre Horvath, Nicolas Tétreault, Peng Wang, Thomas Moehl, Rita Smajda, Laurent Gabriel Félix Alexandre Stéphane Bungener, Jérémie Minh-Châu Brillet

Herein, we present a novel morphology for solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells based on the simple and straightforward self-assembly of nanorods into a 3D fibrous network of fused single-crystalline anatase nanowires. This architecture offers a high roug ...

American Chemical Society2010

Efficient Water Splitting Catalyzed by Cobalt Phosphide-Based Nanoneedle Arrays Supported on Carbon Cloth

Xile Hu, Peng Wang, Fang Song

Efficient and low-cost electrocatalysts for water splitting are essential for solar fuel production. Herein, we report that nanoarrays of CoP supported on carbon cloth are an efficient bifunctional catalyst for overall water splitting. The catalyst exhibit ...

Wiley-VCH Verlag Berlin2016

Amphiphilic Polypyridyl Ruthenium Complexes with Substituted 2,2'-Dipyridylamine Ligands for Nanocrystalline Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Robin Humphry-Baker, Jacques-Edouard Moser, Peng Wang

2004