title: Enhancing the power conversion efficiency of dye-sensitized solar cells via molecular plasmon-like excitations.
abstract: We introduce a tactic for employing molecular plasmon-like excitations to enhance solar-to-electric power conversion efficiency of dye-sensitized solar cells. We offer general design principles of dimeric dyes, in which a strong plasmonic interaction between two π-conjugated moieties is promoted. The π-stacked conformations of these dimeric dyes result in a desirable broadened absorption and a longer absorption onset wavelength.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory for Computational Molecular Design, Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland. clemence.corminboeuf@epfl.ch.
authors.forename: Jian-Hao
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Laboratory for Computational Molecular Design, Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland. clemence.corminboeuf@epfl.ch.
authors.forename: Ganna
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gryn'ova
authors.affiliation: Laboratory for Computational Molecular Design, Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland. clemence.corminboeuf@epfl.ch.
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Prlj
authors.affiliation: Laboratory for Computational Molecular Design, Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland. clemence.corminboeuf@epfl.ch.
authors.forename: Clémence
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7993-2879
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Corminboeuf