@ARTICLE{Hosseinnezhad_M._A_2017, author={Hosseinnezhad, M. and Shadman, A. and Reza Saeb, M. and Mohammadi, Y.}, volume={vol. 25}, number={No 3}, journal={Opto-Electronics Review}, pages={229-237}, howpublished={online}, year={2017}, publisher={Polish Academy of Sciences (under the auspices of the Committee on Electronics and Telecommunication) and Association of Polish Electrical Engineers in cooperation with Military University of Technology}, abstract={A novel methodology was implemented in the present study to concurrently control power conversion efficiency (η) and durability (D) of co-sensitized dye solar cells. Applying response surface methodology (RSM) and Desirability Function (DF), the main influential assembling (dye volume ratio and anti-aggregation agent concentration) and operational (performance temperature) parameters were systematically changed to probe their main and interactive effects on the η and D responses. Individual optimization based on RSM elucidated that D can be solely controlled by changing the ratio of vat-based organic photosensitizers, whereas η takes both effects of dye volume ratio and anti-aggregation concentration into account. Among the studied factors, the performance temperature played the most vital role in η and D regulation. In particular, however, multi-objective optimization by DF explored the degree to which one should be careful about manipulation of assembling and operational parameters in the way maximization of performance of a co-sensitized dye solar cell.}, type={Article}, title={A new direction in design and manufacture of co-sensitized dye solar cells: Toward concurrent optimization of power conversion efficiency and durability}, URL={http://journals.pan.pl/Content/115372/PDF/main.pdf}, keywords={Dye-sensitized solar cell, Co-sensitization, Response surface methodology, Organic dye, Desirability function}, }