Table of Content: PREFACE PHOTOCHEMICAL AND PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL APPROACHES TO ENERGY CONVERSION K. Kalyanasundaram The sun as an abundant energy resource Photochemical conversion and storage of solar energy (artifi cial photosynthesis) Photographic sensitization Photoelectrochemical conversion of solar energy Dye sensitization of semiconductors Conclusions References TITANIA IN DIVERSE FORMS AS SUBSTRATES Ladislav Kavan Titania: fundamentals Electrochemistry of titania: depletion regime Electrochemistry of titania: accumulation regime Titania photoanode for dye sensitized solar cells Conclusion Acknowledgements References MOLECULAR ENGINEERING OF SENSITIZERS FOR CONVERSION OF SOLAR ENERGY INTO ELECTRICITY Jun-ho Yum and Md. K. Nazeeruddin Introduction Ruthenium Sensitizers Organic sensitizers References OPTIMIZATION OF REDOX MEDIATORS AND ELECTROLYTES .Ke-jian Jiang and Shozo Yanagida* Introduction Charge transfer processes in DSCs Electrolyte components and their roles in the DSCs Ionic liquid, quasi-solid and solid electrolytes Remarks and prospects References PHOTOSENSITIZATION OF SnO2 AND OTHER OXIDES Prashant V. Kamat Dependence of the Sensitization Effi ciency on the Energy Difference Coupled Semiconductor Systems SnO2-C60-Ru(bpy)3 2System Probing the Interaction of an Excited State Sensitizer with the Redox Couple Sensitization of Nanotube Arrays Charge Separation of Organic Clusters at an SnO2 Electrode Surface Concluding Remarks Acknowledgements References SOLID-STATE DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS INCORPORATING MOLECULAR HOLE-TRANSPORTERS.Henry J. Snaith Introduction Spiro-OMeTAD-based solid-state dye-sensitized solar cell The infl uence of additives upon the solar cell performance Charge generation: Electron Transfer Reductive quenching Charge generation: Hole-transfer Charge transport in molecular hole-transporters Hole mobility in spiro-OMeTAD Influence of charge density on the hole-mobility in molecular semiconductors The influence of chemical p-doping upon conductivity and hole-mobility The influence of ionic salts on conductivity and hole-mobility Current collection TiO2 pore fi lling with molecular hole-transporters Charge recombination: The infl uence of additives Charge recombination: Ion solvation and immobilization Charge recombination: Controlling the spatial separation of electrons and holes at the heterojunction Enhancing light capture in solid-state DSCs Alternative structures for mesoporous and nanostructured electrodes in solid-state DSCs Outlook for hole-transporter based solid-state DSCs References PACKAGING, SCALE-UP AND COMMERCIALIZATION OF DYE SOLAR CELLS Hans Desilvestro, Michael Bertoz*, Sylvia Tulloch and Gavin Tulloch Introduction From cells to panels Long-term stability - the key to industrial success Scaling up to commercial production levels Commercial applications Conclusions Acknowledgements References HOW TO MAKE HIGH-EFFICIENCY DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS Seigo Ito Introduction Experimental considerations Results and discussion Conclusion Acknowledgements References SCALE-UP AND PRODUCT-DEVELOPMENT STUDIES OF DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS IN ASIA AND EUROPE K. Kalyanasundaram, Seigo Ito, Shozo Yanagida and Satoshi Uchida Introduction Scaling up of laboratory cells to modules and panels DSC development studies in various European laboratories DSC development studies in various laboratories of Japan DSC Development Work in Korea and Taiwan DSC development work in Australia and China Conclusion Acknowledgement References CHARACTERIZATION AND MODELING OF DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS: A TOOLBOX APPROACH Anders Hagfeldt and Laurence Peter Introduction Theoretical background The toolbox Acknowledgments Appendix 1 Analytical IMPS solutions Appendix 2 Numerical solutions of the continuity equation References DYNAMICS OF INTERFACIAL AND SURFACE ELECTRON TRANSFER PROCESSES Jacques-E. Moser Introduction Energetics of charge transfer reactions Kinetics of interfacial electron transfer Electron transfer dynamics involving the redox mediator References IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY: A GENERAL INTRODUCTION AND APPLICATION TO DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS Juan Bisquert and Francisco Fabregat-Santiago Introduction A basic solar cell model Introduction to IS methods Basic physical model and parameters of IS in solar cells Basic physical models and parameters of IS in dye-sensitized solar cells Transmission line models Applications Acknowledgments Appendix: properties of measured DSCs References THEORETICAL AND MODEL SYSTEM CALCULATIONS Filippo De Angelis and Simona Fantacci Introduction Theoretical and computational methods Dye sensitizers Studies of the TiO2 substrate Dye sensitizers on TiO2 Conclusions and perspective References INDEX.