The BCL method is a theoretical framework to understand and predict dyes and their efficiency in solar cells. The method is comprehensively presented in a recent paper. It is based on a system of equations...
Dye-sensitized photoelectrochemical cells (DS-PEC) are promising systems for sustainable fuel production. A great advantage for their design is the modularity of these systems. In particular, it is of interest to tune the dye’s optical and...
Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells (DSSCs) and Dye-Sensitized Photoelectrochemical Cells (DSPECs) have attracted much interest in recent years for solar energy conversion. To fulfil the potential of these devices, their chemical stability and efficiency should be understood...
A new dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) is reported, using donor-bridge-acceptor dyes with a ‘smart’ photochromic diphenyl-naphthopyran bridge. This bridge unit converts under radiation switching from a transparent to a colored state, while it thermally reverts...
The performance of seven ruthenium dyes in DSSC devices was predicted employing a molecular model were the dye is linked to two Ti(OH)3 units. The theoretical efficiency of the dyes is determined by three factors: 1) the amount of...
Reactive Molecular Dynamics simulations with ReaxFF have been used successfully in combination with Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory (TDDFT) calculations to disclose structural features, aggregation characteristics, dynamics and spectroscopic properties of an organic dye adsorbed on a...
The incident photon-to-current-conversion efficiency (IPCE) of dye-sensitized solar cells depends, amongst others, on the light-harvesting capabilities of the dye. In two recent studies, researchers from the Computational Lab for Hybrid/Organic Photovoltaics of CNR-ISTM Perugia, Italy,...
Researchers from Penn State studied the adsorption and dissociation of water on various anatase surfaces and rutile (110) at various coverages with a newly developed reactive force field. The reactive MD calculations agree with previous...