Photovoltaic performance of MOF-derived transition metal doped titania-based photoanodes for DSSCs.

The enduring effort toward stabilizing and improving the efficiency of dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) has stirred the solar research community to follow innovative approaches. Current research centered on electrode materials design, which improves photoanodes' light-harvesting efficiency (LHE). Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) are a new family of materials that can be used as competent materials due to their desirable qualities, including high porosity, flexible synthesis methodology, high thermal and chemical stability, and good light-harvesting capabilities.

MOF-derived Co-doped TiO nanoparticles as photoanodes for dye-sensitized solar cells.

Facile synthesis and application of nano-sized semiconductor metal oxides for optoelectronic devices have always affected fabrication challenges since it involves multi-step synthesis processes. In this regard, semiconductor oxides derived directly from metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) routes have gained a great deal of scientific interest owing to their high specific surface area, regular and tunable pore structures. Exploring the application potential of these MOF-derived semiconductor oxides systems for clean energy conversion and storage devices is currently a hot topic of research.