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Minimizing Energy Losses in Dye‐Sensitized Solar Cells Using Coordination Compounds as Alternative Redox Mediators Coupled with Appropriate Organic Dyes

Minimizing Energy Losses in Dye‐Sensitized Solar Cells Using Coordination Compounds as... To further boost the efficiency of dye‐sensitized solar cells, a correct evaluation of the real limitations of this type of solar cell should be conducted. From a simple analysis of the photovoltaic data found in the literature, it is evident that the Voc decrease, through energy losses, seems to be the most crucial factor diminishing the overall system efficiency. In particular, losses arising from the regeneration of the dye by the iodide/triiodide redox mediator are huge. The most convenient manner to recuperate these losses is the use of alternative redox mediators with more positive redox potentials than that of the iodide‐based shuttle. Among various types of redox active compounds, ferrocene/ferrocenium, Cu+/2+, and Co2+/3+ complexes are found to be the most effective in solar cells and the obtained efficiencies of more than 12% clearly show that a breakthrough is close, paving revolutionary roads towards making new records. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Advanced Energy Materials Wiley

Minimizing Energy Losses in Dye‐Sensitized Solar Cells Using Coordination Compounds as Alternative Redox Mediators Coupled with Appropriate Organic Dyes

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Wiley
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Copyright © 2012 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim
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1614-6832
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10.1002/aenm.201100781
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Abstract

To further boost the efficiency of dye‐sensitized solar cells, a correct evaluation of the real limitations of this type of solar cell should be conducted. From a simple analysis of the photovoltaic data found in the literature, it is evident that the Voc decrease, through energy losses, seems to be the most crucial factor diminishing the overall system efficiency. In particular, losses arising from the regeneration of the dye by the iodide/triiodide redox mediator are huge. The most convenient manner to recuperate these losses is the use of alternative redox mediators with more positive redox potentials than that of the iodide‐based shuttle. Among various types of redox active compounds, ferrocene/ferrocenium, Cu+/2+, and Co2+/3+ complexes are found to be the most effective in solar cells and the obtained efficiencies of more than 12% clearly show that a breakthrough is close, paving revolutionary roads towards making new records.

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Advanced Energy Materials – Wiley

Published: Jun 1, 2012

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