Dye-sensitized solar cells incorporating a "liquid" hole-transporting material

Nano Lett. 2006 Sep;6(9):2000-3. doi: 10.1021/nl061173a.

Abstract

We present the first application of an amorphous "liquid" organic semiconductor in an optoelectronic device, demonstrating that it is highly suited for use as a hole-transporting material in nanostructured dye-sensitized solar cells. For such devices, we obtain power conversion efficiencies of up to 2.4% under simulated air mass 1.5 solar spectrum at 100 mWcm(-2), and incident photon-to-electron quantum efficiencies in excess of 50%.

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  • Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation
  • Electric Power Supplies*
  • Electrochemistry / instrumentation*
  • Electrochemistry / methods
  • Equipment Design
  • Equipment Failure Analysis
  • Light
  • Materials Testing
  • Nanostructures / chemistry*
  • Nanostructures / radiation effects
  • Photochemistry / instrumentation*
  • Photochemistry / methods
  • Semiconductors
  • Solar Energy*

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