Vlachopoulos, NickGratzel, MichaelHagfeldt, Anders2022-01-012022-01-012022-01-012021-12-1310.1039/d1ra05911dhttps://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/184159WOS:000729559400001The present review presents the application of electronically conducting polymers (conducting polymers) as hole conductors in solid-state dye solar cells (S-DSSCs). At first, the basic principles of dye solar cell operation are presented. The next section deals with the principles of electrochemical polymerisation and its photoelectrochemical variety, the latter being an important, frequently-used technique for generating conducting polymers and hole conductors in DSSCs. Finally, two varieties of S-DSSC configurations, those of dry S-DSSC and of S-DSSCs incorporating a liquid electrolyte, are discussed.Chemistry, MultidisciplinaryChemistryphotoelectrochemical polymerizationaqueous micellartransporting materialcounter electrodesconjugated polymerscharge-transferpoly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)pedotlightelectrolytestext::journal::journal article::review article