A cyclometalated Ru dye bearing two triphenylamine groups to augment light absorption exhibits a power conversion efficiency (PCE) in excess of 7% in the dye-sensitized solar cell despite having a large molecular footprint on TiO(2).

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Y(3)Al(5)O(12):Ce phosphors have been prepared and used as an effective scattering layer on top of a transparent layer of nanocrystalline TiO(2) for dye sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). The Y(3)Al(5)O(12):Ce scattering layer increases the photocurrent of DSSCs due to the enhanced light harvesting mainly via the improved light absorption and scattering. Under one sun illumination (AM 1.5G, 100 mW...

Recyclability is an important aspect for heterogeneous photo-catalysts. Ease of recovery and stability of the photo-catalyst in terms of efficiency over the number of cycles are highly desired and in fact it is ideal if the efficiency is constant and it should not decrease marginally with each cycle. Presented here is a seminal observation in which the photocatalytic activity is shown to improv...

The fabrication of functional metamaterials with extreme feature resolution finds a host of applications such as the broad area of surface/light interaction. Nonplanar features of such structures can significantly enhance their performance and tunability, but their facile generation remains a challenge. Here, we show that carefully designed out-of-plane nanopillars made of metal-dielectric comp...

AM-6 with high intensity visible light absorption at 400-800 nm was synthesized via a hydrothermal route in the presence of F(-) ions. Structure characterization and DFT calculations indicate that the unusual optical properties originate from the connection of octahedral VO(6) wires with distorted tetrahedral VO(4) units, which are stabilized in the framework of AM-6.

We theoretically and experimentally demonstrate that carbon self-doping could induce intrinsic electronic and band structure change of g-C(3)N(4)via the formation of delocalized big π bonds to increase visible light absorption and electrical conductivity as well as surface area and thus enhance both photooxidation and photoreduction activities.

A new mechanism for enhancing the visible light absorption of a homogeneous polyoxovanadate system is described. The photoactive pentanuclear {V(5)} isopolyoxovanadate cluster is formed in situ by a thermally-induced condensation reaction starting from a tetranuclear {V(4)} precursor. Upon irradiation with visible light, {V(5)} undergoes a light induced reduction reaction resulting in the forma...

An unprecedentedly stable CH3NH3PbI3 film synthesized by a modified chemical vapor transport method is demonstrated. The results show that the crystal structure, light absorption, and device efficiency do not degrade after storing for 100 d in air with 40% relative humidity, while the conventional solution-processed perovskites are usually stable for less than 20 d in similar conditions.