Copper Complexes as Alternative Redox Mediators in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

Thirty years ago, dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) emerged as a method for harnessing the sun’s energy and converting it into electricity. Since then, a lot of work has been dedicated to improving their global photovoltaic efficiency and their eco-sustainability. Recently, various articles showed...

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Autores principales: Colombo, Alessia, Dragonetti, Claudia, Roberto, Dominique, Fagnani, Francesco
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7796243/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33401723
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules26010194
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author Colombo, Alessia
Dragonetti, Claudia
Roberto, Dominique
Fagnani, Francesco
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description Thirty years ago, dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) emerged as a method for harnessing the sun’s energy and converting it into electricity. Since then, a lot of work has been dedicated to improving their global photovoltaic efficiency and their eco-sustainability. Recently, various articles showed the great potential of copper complexes as a convenient and cheap alternative to the traditional ruthenium dyes. In addition, copper complexes demonstrate that they can act as redox mediators for DSSCs, thus being an answer to the problems related to the I(3)(−)/I(−) redox couple. The aim of this review is to report on the most recent impact made by copper complexes as alternative redox mediators. The coverage, mainly from 2016 up to now, is not exhaustive, but allows us to understand the great role played by copper complexes in the design of eco-sustainable DSSCs.
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spelling pubmed-77962432021-01-10 Copper Complexes as Alternative Redox Mediators in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Colombo, Alessia Dragonetti, Claudia Roberto, Dominique Fagnani, Francesco Molecules Review Thirty years ago, dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) emerged as a method for harnessing the sun’s energy and converting it into electricity. Since then, a lot of work has been dedicated to improving their global photovoltaic efficiency and their eco-sustainability. Recently, various articles showed the great potential of copper complexes as a convenient and cheap alternative to the traditional ruthenium dyes. In addition, copper complexes demonstrate that they can act as redox mediators for DSSCs, thus being an answer to the problems related to the I(3)(−)/I(−) redox couple. The aim of this review is to report on the most recent impact made by copper complexes as alternative redox mediators. The coverage, mainly from 2016 up to now, is not exhaustive, but allows us to understand the great role played by copper complexes in the design of eco-sustainable DSSCs. MDPI 2021-01-02 /pmc/articles/PMC7796243/ /pubmed/33401723 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules26010194 Text en © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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