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Interdisciplinary School of Green Energy and KIER-UNIST Advanced Center for Energy, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan 689-798, Republic of Korea
E-mail: yjun@unist.ac.kr
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Advanced Solar Technology Research Team, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI), Gajeongno 218, Yuseong, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
E-mail: 10009kang@etri.re.kr
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Chem. Commun., 2013,49, 1471-1487
DOI:
10.1039/C2CC37616D
Received
19 Oct 2012,
Accepted
29 Nov 2012
First published online
30 Nov 2012
Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) have been extensively evolved for the past two decades in order to improve their cell performance. From the commercialization point of view, the overall solar to electrical energy conversion efficiency should compete with other solar cells. But, due to structural restrictions of DSSC using the liquid electrolyte and a space requirement between two electrodes, the direct tandem construction of DSSCs by stacking of repeating units is highly limited. In this feature article, important research trials to overcome these barriers and a recent research trend to improve the light harvesting strategies mainly panchromatic engineering, various tandem approaches such as parallel tandem, series tandem, p–n tandem etc., have been briefly reviewed.
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