Effect of coadsorbent on the photovoltaic performance of zinc pthalocyanine-sensitized solar cells

The effect of chenodeoxycholic acid as a coadsorbent on TiO 2 nanocrystalline solar cells incorporating phthalocyanine sensitizers was studied under various conditions. Adding chenodeoxycholic acid onto TiO 2 nanoparticles not only reduces the adsorption of phthalocyanine sensitizers but also preven...

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Veröffentlicht in:Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids. - 1985. - 24(2008), 10 vom: 20. Mai, Seite 5636-40
1. Verfasser: Yum, Jun-Ho (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Jang, Song-Rim, Humphry-Baker, Robin, Grätzel, M, Cid, Juan-José, Torres, Tomas, Nazeeruddin, Md K
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2008
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids
Schlagworte:Journal Article
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Zusammenfassung:The effect of chenodeoxycholic acid as a coadsorbent on TiO 2 nanocrystalline solar cells incorporating phthalocyanine sensitizers was studied under various conditions. Adding chenodeoxycholic acid onto TiO 2 nanoparticles not only reduces the adsorption of phthalocyanine sensitizers but also prevents sensitizer aggregation, leading to different photovoltaic performance. The inspection of IPCE and absorption spectra showed that the load of phthalocyanine sensitizers is strongly dependent on the molar concentration of chenodeoxycholic acid coadsorbent. The open circuit voltage of the solar cells with chenodeoxycholic acid coadsorbent increases due to the enhanced electron lifetime in TiO 2 nanoparticles coupled with the band edge shift of TiO 2 to negative potentials
Beschreibung:Date Completed 10.07.2008
Date Revised 13.05.2008
published: Print-Electronic
Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE
ISSN:1520-5827
DOI:10.1021/la800087q