Effect of Hydrocarbon Chain Length of Amphiphilic Ruthenium Dyes on Solid-State Dye-Sensitized Photovoltaics | Zendy

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Effect of Hydrocarbon Chain Length of Amphiphilic Ruthenium Dyes on Solid-State Dye-Sensitized Photovoltaics

Author(s) -

Lukas SchmidtMende,

Jessica E. Kroeze,

James R. Durrant,

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin,

Michaël Grätzel

Publication year - 2005

Publication title -

nano letters

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 4.853

H-Index - 488

eISSN - 1530-6992

pISSN - 1530-6984

DOI - 10.1021/nl050555y

Subject(s) - ruthenium , photovoltaics , hydrocarbon , amphiphile , solid state , photochemistry , chemical engineering , chain (unit) , dye sensitized solar cell , chemistry , materials science , nanotechnology , organic chemistry , photovoltaic system , copolymer , polymer , catalysis , electrode , ecology , physics , astronomy , electrolyte , engineering , biology

We studied the influence of the hydrophobic hydrocarbon chain length of amphiphilic ruthenium dyes on the device performance in solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells. We found that the dyes with longer hydrocarbon chains gave higher efficiency values when used as a sensitizer in solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells. With increasing chain length, we observed higher currents and open-circuit voltages up to a limiting chain length. We attribute this improvement to the expected larger distance between TiO2 and the hole conductor, which seems to suppress recombination effectively.

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