Conradie, Jeanet2022-01-192022-01-192021Conradie, J. (2021). Polypyridyl copper complexes as dye sensitizer and redox mediator for dye-sensitized solar cells. Electrochemistry Communications, 134, 107182. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.elecom.2021.1071821388-2481http://hdl.handle.net/11660/11358Developments on the application of polypyridyl-based copper complexes in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) are briefly discussed in this mini review. Copper complexes in solar cells are special in that they can be used either as dye sensitizer and/or as redox mediator (redox couple) in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). Both the abundance and low cost of copper motivates research on the use of copper complexes, as cheaper and non-toxic alternative to the mostly used iodide/triiodide (I- /I3- ) electrolyte redox couple, and the expensive and rare rutheniumbased dyes of good performance, which currently are best known.enCopperDyeMediatorRedoxDFTDSSCArticleAuthor(s)This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license