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Dilemmas of Dye‐Sensitized Solar Cells
Author(s) -
Bisquert Juan
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
chemphyschem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.016
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1439-7641
pISSN - 1439-4235
DOI - 10.1002/cphc.201100248
Subject(s) - ferrocene , dye sensitized solar cell , excited state , photochemistry , redox , electron transport chain , energy transport , solar cell , chemistry , solar energy , nanotechnology , materials science , chemical physics , optoelectronics , engineering physics , physics , electrochemistry , atomic physics , inorganic chemistry , ecology , biochemistry , electrode , electrolyte , biology
Ferrocene to the rescue: The dye‐sensitized solar cell allows changes in the energetics of electron transport, molecular absorbers, and hole transport materials to better harvest the energy of solar photons (see picture). A recent paper describing a new dye with a high excited state in combination with ferrocene redox mediator shows progress in this direction.