Premium
Inside Cover: Self‐Assembled Liquid‐Crystalline Ion Conductors in Dye‐Sensitized Solar Cells: Effects of Molecular Sensitizers on Their Performance (ChemPlusChem 6/2017)
Author(s) -
Högberg Daniel,
Soberats Bartolome,
Yoshio Masafumi,
Mizumura Yurika,
Uchida Satoshi,
Kloo Lars,
Segawa Hiroshi,
Kato Takashi
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
chempluschem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.801
H-Index - 61
ISSN - 2192-6506
DOI - 10.1002/cplu.201700174
Subject(s) - dye sensitized solar cell , electrolyte , materials science , ion , electrical conductor , liquid crystal , ruthenium , chemical engineering , energy conversion efficiency , nanotechnology , photochemistry , inorganic chemistry , electrode , optoelectronics , chemistry , organic chemistry , catalysis , engineering , composite material
The cover picture shows dye‐coated TiO 2 particles and a nanostructured liquid crystal that forms two‐dimensional ion transport pathways, with ions (red spheres) localized in between non‐polar layers (blue). Dye‐sensitized solar cells employing these liquid‐crystalline ion conductors as electrolytes show more efficient energy conversion when based on organic dye sensitizers as compared with ruthenium metal–organic dye sensitizers. Details are given in the Full Paper by T. Kato and co‐workers on page 834 in Issue 6, 2017 (DOI: 10.1002/cplu.201700099).