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Overview

Seigo Ito is affiliated with the University of Hyogo in Japan and has a research focus primarily in the fields of Engineering and Materials Science, with notable contributions in the subfields of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Polymers and Plastics, Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, and Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition.

The main topics of their work include:

  • Perovskite Materials and Applications
  • Conducting Polymers and Applications
  • Advanced Battery Technologies Research
  • Fuel Cells and Related Materials
  • Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films
  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • Quantum Dots Synthesis and Properties

Their recent scholarly output highlights several publications in peer-reviewed journals covering materials science and energy-related topics. Among these are:

  • "Comparison of highly conductive natural and synthetic graphites for electrodes in perovskite solar cells" (2021) published in Carbon
  • "Light-induced performance increase of carbon-based perovskite solar module for 20-year stability" (2021) published in Cell Reports Physical Science
  • "Face-on oriented hydrophobic conjugated polymers as dopant-free hole-transport materials for efficient and stable perovskite solar cells with a fill factor approaching 85%" (2021) published in Journal of Materials Chemistry A
  • "Role and Function of Polymer Binder Thickeners in Carbon Pastes for Multiporous-Layered-Electrode Perovskite Solar Cells" (2023) published in Chemistry of Materials
  • "Function of Porous Carbon Electrode during the Fabrication of Multiporous-Layered-Electrode Perovskite Solar Cells" (2020) published in Photonics

Frequent publication venues for Ito's research include ECS Meeting Abstracts, Photonics, ACS Omega, arXiv (Cornell University), and Carbon.

Collaborative efforts are reflected in a list of frequent co-authors, comprising:

  • Ryuki Tsuji
  • Takaya Shioki
  • Eiji Kobayashi
  • Yuichi Haruyama
  • David Martineau

Seigo Ito's investigations are largely concentrated on materials and engineering challenges relevant to solar energy and renewable technologies, particularly focusing on perovskite solar cells and carbon-based electrode materials.

Best Publications

  • Combined Experimental and DFT-TDDFT Computational Study of Photoelectrochemical Cell Ruthenium Sensitizers

    Mohammad K. Nazeeruddin;Filippo De Angelis;Simona Fantacci;Annabella Selloni

  • Fabrication of thin film dye sensitized solar cells with solar to electric power conversion efficiency over 10

    Seigo Ito;Takurou N. Murakami;Pascal Comte;Paul Liska

  • High-Efficiency Organic-Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Controlled by Nanocrystalline-TiO2 Electrode Thickness

    Seigo Ito;Shaik M. Zakeeruddin;Robin Humphry-Baker;Paul Liska

  • Characteristics of high efficiency dye-sensitized solar cells.

    Qing Wang;Seigo Ito;Michael Grätzel;Francisco Fabregat-Santiago

  • Fabrication of screen-printing pastes from TiO2 powders for dye-sensitised solar cells

    Seigo Ito;Peter Chen;Pascal Comte;Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin

  • Large pi-aromatic molecules as potential sensitizers for highly efficient dye-sensitized solar cells.

    Hiroshi Imahori;Tomokazu Umeyama;Seigo Ito

  • Highly Efficient Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Based on Carbon Black Counter Electrodes

    Takurou N. Murakami;Seigo Ito;Qing Wang;Md. Khaja Nazeeruddin

  • Inorganic hole conductor-based lead halide perovskite solar cells with 12.4% conversion efficiency

    Peng Qin;Soichiro Tanaka;Seigo Ito;Nicolas Tetreault

  • High-conversion-efficiency organic dye-sensitized solar cells with a novel indoline dye

    Seigo Ito;Seigo Ito;Hidetoshi Miura;Satoshi Uchida;Masakazu Takata

  • High Molar Extinction Coefficient Heteroleptic Ruthenium Complexes for Thin Film Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

    Daibin Kuang;Seigo Ito;Bernard Wenger;Cedric Klein

  • Organic Dye for Highly Efficient Solid-State Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

    Lukas Schmidt-Mende;Udo Bach;Robin Humphry-Baker;Tamotsu Horiuchi

  • Effects of Surface Blocking Layer of Sb2S3 on Nanocrystalline TiO2 for CH3NH3PbI3 Perovskite Solar Cells

    Seigo Ito;Soichiro Tanaka;Kyohei Manabe;Hitoshi Nishino

  • Control of dark current in photoelectrochemical (TiO2/I−–I3−) and dye-sensitized solar cells

    Seigo Ito;Paul Liska;Pascal Comte;Raphaël Charvet

  • High-efficiency (7.2%) flexible dye-sensitized solar cells with Ti-metal substrate for nanocrystalline-TiO2 photoanode

    Seigo Ito;Ngoc-Le Cevey Ha;Guido Rothenberger;Paul Liska

  • PbS and CdS Quantum Dot-Sensitized Solid-State Solar Cells: “Old Concepts, New Results”

    HyoJoong Lee;Henry C. Leventis;Soo-Jin Moon;Peter Chen

  • Stable mesoscopic dye-sensitized solar cells based on tetracyanoborate ionic liquid electrolyte.

    Daibin Kuang;Peng Wang;Seigo Ito;Shaik. M. Zakeeruddin

  • Novel conjugated organic dyes for efficient dye-sensitized solar cells

    K. Hara;T. Sato;R. Katoh;A. Furube

  • High‐Efficiency and Stable Mesoscopic Dye‐Sensitized Solar Cells Based on a High Molar Extinction Coefficient Ruthenium Sensitizer and Nonvolatile Electrolyte

    D. Kuang;C. Klein;S. Ito;J.-E. Moser

  • Photovoltaic characterization of dye‐sensitized solar cells: effect of device masking on conversion efficiency

    Seigo Ito;Md. Khaja Nazeeruddin;Paul Liska;Pascal Comte

  • Bifacial dye-sensitized solar cells based on an ionic liquid electrolyte

    Seigo Ito;Seigo Ito;Shaik M. Zakeeruddin;Pascal Comte;Paul Liska

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Grätzel
Michael Grätzel École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Hiroshi Imahori
Hiroshi Imahori Kyoto University
Tomokazu Umeyama
Tomokazu Umeyama Kyoto University
Shaik M. Zakeeruddin
Shaik M. Zakeeruddin École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Pascal Comte
Pascal Comte École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin
Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Tsutomu Miyasaka
Tsutomu Miyasaka Toin University of Yokohama
Hiroshi Segawa
Hiroshi Segawa University of Tokyo
Dai-Bin Kuang
Dai-Bin Kuang Sun Yat-sen University
Jacques-E. Moser
Jacques-E. Moser École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

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