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‘HOT’ Perspective – read it hot off the press!

This feature review discusses the various ways to improve the light-harvesting performance of the dye-sensitized solar cell.

The dye-sensitized solar cell has been intensively investigated in recent years as a promising source of energy in the future, especially as it is a cheaper alternative to conventional photovoltaic systems.

However, higher conversion efficiencies must be achieved, and therefore the sensitizer needs to absorb as much sunlight as possible – this Perspective overviews how this could be achieved in the future.

Panchromatic engineering for dye-sensitized solar cells
Jun-Ho Yum, Etienne Baranoff, Sophie Wenger, Md. K. Nazeeruddin and Michael Grätzel
Energy Environ. Sci., 2011, DOI: 10.1039/C0EE00536C