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ReviewChemical Society reviews2021

Dye-sensitized solar cells strike back.

Ana Belén Muñoz-García, Iacopo Benesperi, Gerrit Boschloo, Javier J Concepcion, Jared H Delcamp, Elizabeth A Gibson, Gerald J Meyer, Michele Pavone, Henrik Pettersson, Anders Hagfeldt and 1 more

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Review in Chemical Society reviews, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 93 papers.

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93citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

93 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Characterization and Theoretical Insights Into Coumarin-Based Sensitizers for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells.Chemphyschem : a European journal of chemical physics and physical chemistry · 2026
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  7. Study of organic dyes with a benzothiadiazole-dithienosilole central core as sensitizers in photoelectrochemical cells for hydrogen generation.Photochemical & photobiological sciences : Official journal of the European Photochemistry Association and the European Society for Photobiology · 2026
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  16. Electronic Structure and Interfacial Hole Transfer in a Di-Rhodium Photocatalyst on a p‑Type NiO Electrode.The journal of physical chemistry. C, Nanomaterials and interfaces · 2025
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  19. Co-Sensitized Solar Cell Achieves 13.7% Efficiency with Bis-Hexylthiophene Dyes.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025
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33 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Ana Belén Muñoz-GarcíaDepartment of Physics "Ettore Pancini", University of Naples Federico II, 80126 Naples, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9940-7358
Iacopo BenesperiSchool of Natural and Environmental Science, Newcastle University, Bedson Building, NE1 7RU Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. marina.freitag@newcastle.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5715-1932
Gerrit BoschlooDepartment of Chemistry, Ångström Laboratory, Uppsala University, P.O. Box 523, 751 20 Uppsala, Sweden. anders.hagfeldt@uu.se.
Javier J ConcepcionChemistry Division, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9296-0943
Jared H DelcampDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Mississippi, University, MS 38677, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5313-4078
Elizabeth A GibsonSchool of Natural and Environmental Science, Newcastle University, Bedson Building, NE1 7RU Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. marina.freitag@newcastle.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6032-343X
Gerald J MeyerDepartment of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA.
Michele PavoneDepartment of Chemical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, 80126 Naples, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7549-631X
Henrik PetterssonDyenamo AB, Teknikringen 38A, 114 28 Stockholm, Sweden.
Anders HagfeldtDepartment of Chemistry, Ångström Laboratory, Uppsala University, P.O. Box 523, 751 20 Uppsala, Sweden. anders.hagfeldt@uu.se.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6725-8856
Marina FreitagSchool of Natural and Environmental Science, Newcastle University, Bedson Building, NE1 7RU Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. marina.freitag@newcastle.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4954-6851

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs) are celebrating their 30th birthday and they are attracting a wealth of research efforts aimed at unleashing their full potential. In recent years, DSCs and dye-sensitized photoelectrochemical cells (DSPECs) have experienced a renaissance as the best technology for several niche applications that take advantage of DSCs' unique combination of properties: at low cost, they are composed of non-toxic materials, are colorful, transparent, and very efficient in low light conditions. This review summarizes the advancements in the field over the last decade, encompassing all aspects of the DSC technology: theoretical studies, characterization techniques, materials, applications as solar cells and as drivers for the synthesis of solar fuels, and commercialization efforts from various companies.

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PMCPMC8591630

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