Engineered hole-free, spacer-free dye-sensitized light harvesters for indoor photovoltaic and self-powered applications

dc.contributor.author	George, A S
dc.contributor.author	Pradhan, S C
dc.contributor.author	Narayanan Unni, K N
dc.contributor.author	Soman, S
dc.date.accessioned	2025-06-24T04:15:16Z
dc.date.available	2025-06-24T04:15:16Z
dc.date.issued	2024-08-29
dc.identifier.citation	RSC Sustainability; 2(10): 2839-2843	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2024/su/d4su00434e
dc.identifier.uri	http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/4910
dc.description.abstract	We have custom-engineered dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs) by eliminating spacers and holes, fabricating hole-free, spacer-free (HF-SF) DSCs with a 96% active area to total area ratio. These newly engineered HF-SF dye cells provide better scalability, lower cost, and improved aesthetics with enhanced device performance delivering more than 30% efficiency under indoor/ambient illumination. Two serially interconnected HF-SF DSCs fabricated using D35:XY1b co-sensitized organic dyes and [Cu(I/II)(dmp)2] electrolyte were able to autonomously power an indoor temperature and humidity monitoring unit free of batteries at realistic indoor illumination intensities below 200 lux.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Royal Society of Chemistry	en_US
dc.title	Engineered hole-free, spacer-free dye-sensitized light harvesters for indoor photovoltaic and self-powered applications	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US