Substituted thiophene sensitized, nanocrystalline TiO2-based quasi solid-state solar cells were fabricated by using either poly (3-thiophene acetic acid) (P3TAA) or a copolymer with poly (3-thiophene acetic acid...Substituted thiophene sensitized, nanocrystalline TiO2-based quasi solid-state solar cells were fabricated by using either poly (3-thiophene acetic acid) (P3TAA) or a copolymer with poly (3-thiophene acetic acid)-poly (hexyl thiophene) (P3TAA-PHT) polymers and copper iodide (Cul) as a hole conducting material together with an ionic liquid 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium bis (trifluoromethylsulfonyl) amide and lithium bis (triflu- oromethanesulfone) imide as additives for charge transport promotion. Dramatic enhancements in the cell performances were observed with the additives in Cul. While the cell sensitized with P3TAA generated a short-circuit photocurrent of -1.45 mA.cm^-2, an open-circuit photovoltage of -345 mV with a total power conversion efficiency of -0.3% under simulated full sunlight of 100 mW-cm^-2 (air mass: 1.5), the cell sensitized with copolymer P3TAA-PHT delivered -0.25% efficiency under the same conditions with -1.23 mA-cm^-2 as photocurrent and -371 mV as photovoltage.展开更多
基金the Postdoctoral Research Fellowship from Japan Society for the Promotion of ScienceNational Science Foundation of Sri Lanka for financial assistance(Research Grant RG/2004/P/04)the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World,Trieste,Italy(TWAS-Grant No.05-042 RG/PHYS/AS)are also acknowledged.
文摘Substituted thiophene sensitized, nanocrystalline TiO2-based quasi solid-state solar cells were fabricated by using either poly (3-thiophene acetic acid) (P3TAA) or a copolymer with poly (3-thiophene acetic acid)-poly (hexyl thiophene) (P3TAA-PHT) polymers and copper iodide (Cul) as a hole conducting material together with an ionic liquid 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium bis (trifluoromethylsulfonyl) amide and lithium bis (triflu- oromethanesulfone) imide as additives for charge transport promotion. Dramatic enhancements in the cell performances were observed with the additives in Cul. While the cell sensitized with P3TAA generated a short-circuit photocurrent of -1.45 mA.cm^-2, an open-circuit photovoltage of -345 mV with a total power conversion efficiency of -0.3% under simulated full sunlight of 100 mW-cm^-2 (air mass: 1.5), the cell sensitized with copolymer P3TAA-PHT delivered -0.25% efficiency under the same conditions with -1.23 mA-cm^-2 as photocurrent and -371 mV as photovoltage.