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August 2020

International Journal of Energy Research, in press

Performance enhancement of low temperature processed tin oxide as an electron transport layer for perovskite solar cells under ambient conditions

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May 2020

Journal of Physical Chemistry A; 124 (22) 4333–4344

Excited State Properties of Metal-Free (D2d and T-SB-C) and Ru-Based (N719 and Z907) Dyes and Photoinduced Charge Transfer Processes in FTO/TiCl₄/TiO₂/Dye Photoanodes Fabricated by Conventional Staining and Potential-Assisted Adsorption

Dariusz M. Niedzwiedzki^a,b, Ganapathi Rao Kandregula^c, Jagadeeswari Sivanadanam^c and Kothandaraman Ramanujam^c,d

^aCenter for Solar Energy and Energy Storage, ^bDepartment of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA

^cDepartment of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600 036, India

^dDST-IITM Solar Energy Harnessing Centre, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600 036, India

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March 2020

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2020; 117 (12) 6502-6508

A photosynthetic antenna complex foregoes unity carotenoid-to-bacteriochlorophyll energy transfer efficiency to ensure photoprotection

Dariusz M. Niedzwiedzki^a,b,  David J. K. Swainsbury^c, Daniel P. Canniffe^c,  C. Neil Hunter^c, and Andrew Hitchcock^c

^aCenter for Solar Energy and Energy Storage, ^bDepartment of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA

^cDepartment of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, United Kingdom;

In WashU Engineering News:

https://engineering.wustl.edu/news/Pages/Carotenoids-play-role-in-regulating-light-harvesting.aspx?_ga=2.14822069.2049174263.1583942046-805564963.1568059992

In University of Sheffield News section:

https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/mbb/news/photosynthetic_compromise-1.883841