Metal-free organic sensitizers with narrow absorption in the visible for solar cells exceeding 10% efficiency

• DOI: 10.1039/c5ee00444f
• Publication Date: 2015-05-27T10:25:16Z
• Authors: D. Joly; L. Pellejà; S. Narbey; F. Oswald; T. Meyer; Y. Kervella; P. Maldivi; J. N. Clifford; E. Palomares; R. Demadrille
• Keywords: [PHYS]Physics [physics]; TiO2 Films; Conversion-Efficiency; Dye; 13. Climate action; Ionic Liquid Electrolytes; 530; 7. Clean energy; [PHYS] Physics [physics]

Six organic dyes have been synthesized and used for the preparation of highly efficient and stable DSSCs. The implementation of one of them in a solar module with a large active area of 1400 cm2 is also presented.