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An element of surprise - efficient copper-functionalized dye-sensitized solar cells

Michael Graetzel, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Takeru Bessho
2008
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Dye-sensitized solar cells with carboxylate-derivatized {(CuL2)-L-1} complexes are surprisingly efficient and offer a long-term alternative approach to ruthenium-functionalized systems.

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Michael Graetzel, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Takeru Bessho
2008
Journal Articles

Abstract

Dye-sensitized solar cells with carboxylate-derivatized {(CuL2)-L-1} complexes are surprisingly efficient and offer a long-term alternative approach to ruthenium-functionalized systems.

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Thin-film solar cell

Thin-film solar cells are made by depositing one or more thin layers (thin films or TFs) of photovoltaic material onto a substrate, such as glass, plastic or metal. Thin-film solar cells are typically a few nanometers (nm) to a few microns (μm) thick–much thinner than the wafers used in conventional crystalline silicon (c-Si) based solar cells, which can be up to 200 μm thick. Thin-film solar cells are commercially used in several technologies, including cadmium telluride (CdTe), copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS), and amorphous thin-film silicon (a-Si, TF-Si).

Solar cell

A solar cell, or photovoltaic cell, is an electronic device that converts the energy of light directly into electricity by the photovoltaic effect, which is a physical phenomenon. It is a form of photoelectric cell, defined as a device whose electrical characteristics, such as current, voltage, or resistance, vary when exposed to light. Individual solar cell devices are often the electrical building blocks of photovoltaic modules, known colloquially as solar panels.

Dye-sensitized solar cell

A dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC, DSC, DYSC or Grätzel cell) is a low-cost solar cell belonging to the group of thin film solar cells. It is based on a semiconductor formed between a photo-sensitized anode and an electrolyte, a photoelectrochemical system. The modern version of a dye solar cell, also known as the Grätzel cell, was originally co-invented in 1988 by Brian O'Regan and Michael Grätzel at UC Berkeley and this work was later developed by the aforementioned scientists at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) until the publication of the first high efficiency DSSC in 1991.

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