title: Novel polyene dyes for highly efficient dye-sensitized solar cells.
abstract: We have developed an efficient and novel polyene-dye-sensitized nanocrystalline TiO2 solar cells producing a 6.8% solar energy-to-electricity conversion efficiency (eta) under AM 1.5 irradiation (100 mW cm(-2)): short-circuit current density (Jsc), 12.9 mA cm(-2), open-circuit photovoltage (Voc), 0.71 V, fill factor (ff), 0.74.
authors.affiliation: Photoreaction Control Research Center, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8565, Japan.
authors.forename: Kohjiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hara
authors.forename: Mitsuhiko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kurashige
authors.forename: Shunichiro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shinpo
authors.forename: Sadaharu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Suga
authors.forename: Kazuhiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sayama
authors.forename: Hironori
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Arakawa
mesh_terms: D004396:Coloring Agents / Q000737:chemistry; D011211:Electric Power Supplies; D015394:Molecular Structure; D010777:Photochemistry; D011090:Polyenes / Q000737:chemistry; D012993:Solar Energy; D014159:Transducers
chemical_list: D004396:Coloring Agents; D011090:Polyenes