Flexible zinc oxide solar cells sensitized by styryl dyes

The role of water co-adsorption on the modification of ZnO nanowires using acetic acid

“…[5][6][7] Although TiO 2 has become the semiconductor material of choice for the preparation of DSSCs, ZnO-based solar cells have been increasingly investigated. 2,[8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15] ZnO represents an appealing alternative to TiO 2 due to its promising transport properties and the possibility of fabrication of an ample variety of ZnO nanostructures. However, the highest efficiencies accomplished with ZnO-based DSSCs are still considerably smaller than for TiO 2 -based cells.…”

Fabrication of a ZnO film with a mosaic structure for a high efficient dye-sensitized solar cell

“…1,2 A metal sheet is another choice to fabricate a flexible DSSC because it can endure very high temperatures. Though several authors have used TiO 2 as the semiconducting material for flexible DSSCs, 3,4 a few have suggested ZnO as a fascinating alternative to TiO 2 , [5][6][7] because it possesses high electronic mobility, provides a direct conduction pathway for rapid collection of photoinjected electrons at the substrate of a photoanode, and has a similar conduction band level to that of TiO 2 . Although one-dimensional (1-D) ZnO nanostructures, such as nanorods, nanowires, nanotubes can provide direct conduction pathways for rapid collection of photoelectrons at the substrate of a photoanode, their relatively low surface area for dye adsorption is the main constraint for achieving high performance DSSCs based on these 1-D ZnO at present.…”

Hemicyanine dyes derived from 2,3,3-trimethyl-3H-indolium as candidates for non-covalent protein probes

“…2,3,3-Trimethyl-3H-indolium quaternized salt (1) was synthesized according to the literature procedure [7] heating under reflux a solution of 2,3,3-trimethyl-3H-indolenine and iodopropionic acid in acetonitrile as a solvent.…”