DSSC
E920994
A DSSC (dye-sensitized solar cell) is a low-cost, thin-film photovoltaic device that uses a photosensitive dye to convert sunlight into electricity.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| DSSC canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11360120 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: DSSC Context triple: [dye-sensitized solar cell, alsoKnownAs, DSSC]
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A.
DSSC
DSSC is a prominent boys' school in Colombo, Sri Lanka, known for its academic, sports, and extracurricular achievements.
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B.
DSS
DSS is the IATA airport code for Blaise Diagne International Airport, the main international gateway serving Dakar, Senegal.
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C.
DSS
The Philippine Distinguished Service Star (DSS) is a high-level military decoration of the Armed Forces of the Philippines awarded for exceptionally meritorious and valuable service to the country.
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D.
DSS
DSS is the abbreviated name of the Securitate, the notorious secret police service of Communist Romania.
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E.
DSC
DSC is a visually lossless video compression standard developed by VESA to reduce display interface bandwidth while preserving image quality for high-resolution screens.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: DSSC Target entity description: A DSSC (dye-sensitized solar cell) is a low-cost, thin-film photovoltaic device that uses a photosensitive dye to convert sunlight into electricity.
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A.
DSSC
DSSC is a prominent boys' school in Colombo, Sri Lanka, known for its academic, sports, and extracurricular achievements.
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B.
DSS
DSS is the IATA airport code for Blaise Diagne International Airport, the main international gateway serving Dakar, Senegal.
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C.
DSS
The Philippine Distinguished Service Star (DSS) is a high-level military decoration of the Armed Forces of the Philippines awarded for exceptionally meritorious and valuable service to the country.
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D.
DSS
DSS is the abbreviated name of the Securitate, the notorious secret police service of Communist Romania.
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E.
DSC
DSC is a visually lossless video compression standard developed by VESA to reduce display interface bandwidth while preserving image quality for high-resolution screens.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dye-sensitized solar cell
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photovoltaic device ⓘ thin-film solar cell ⓘ |
| abbreviationFor | dye-sensitized solar cell ⓘ |
| advantage |
flexibility potential
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good performance under diffuse light ⓘ good performance under indoor light ⓘ low material cost ⓘ semi-transparency ⓘ simple fabrication process ⓘ |
| application |
building-integrated photovoltaics
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indoor energy harvesting ⓘ portable electronics chargers ⓘ power-generating windows ⓘ |
| category | third-generation solar cell ⓘ |
| chargeTransportMedium | redox electrolyte ⓘ |
| converts | sunlight into electricity ⓘ |
| counterElectrodeMaterial |
carbon-based material
ⓘ
platinum ⓘ |
| developedBy |
Brian O'Regan
ⓘ
linked to:
Brian O’Regan
Michael Grätzel ⓘ |
| disadvantage |
electrolyte leakage risk
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long-term stability issues ⓘ lower efficiency than crystalline silicon solar cells ⓘ |
| electronTransportLayer | mesoporous semiconductor film ⓘ |
| energyConversionMechanism | photoelectrochemical process ⓘ |
| firstReportedYear | 1991 ⓘ |
| fullName | dye-sensitized solar cell ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
counter electrode
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dye monolayer ⓘ electrolyte ⓘ nanocrystalline semiconductor layer ⓘ transparent conducting oxide substrate ⓘ |
| holeTransportLayer | liquid electrolyte ⓘ |
| lightAbsorber | sensitizing dye ⓘ |
| operatesBy |
electron injection into semiconductor conduction band
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photoexcitation of dye molecules ⓘ |
| researchArea |
materials science
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nanotechnology ⓘ photovoltaics ⓘ |
| substrateMaterial |
fluorine-doped tin oxide glass
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indium tin oxide glass ⓘ |
| typicalDyeType |
organic dye
ⓘ
ruthenium-based dye ⓘ |
| typicalRedoxCouple | iodide/triiodide couple ⓘ |
| typicalSemiconductorMaterial | titanium dioxide ⓘ |
| typicalStructure | sandwich-type cell ⓘ |
| uses | photosensitive dye ⓘ |
| variant |
quasi-solid-state dye-sensitized solar cell
ⓘ
solid-state dye-sensitized solar cell ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: DSSC Description of subject: A DSSC (dye-sensitized solar cell) is a low-cost, thin-film photovoltaic device that uses a photosensitive dye to convert sunlight into electricity.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.