A novel blue dye for near-IR ‘dye-sensitised’ solar cell applications
Author(s) -
Anthony J. Burke,
Lukas SchmidtMende,
Seigo Ito,
Michaël Grätzel
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
chemical communications
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.837
H-Index - 333
eISSN - 1364-548X
pISSN - 1359-7345
DOI - 10.1039/b609266g
Subject(s) - open circuit voltage , energy conversion efficiency , materials science , short circuit , irradiation , solar energy conversion , energy transformation , optoelectronics , voltage , solar cell , photochemistry , solar energy , solid state , chemical engineering , chemistry , electrical engineering , physics , nuclear physics , thermodynamics , engineering
A squaraine dye incorporating two carboxylic acid attaching groups has been synthesised and used successfully in both liquid and solid-state solar cells, with solar energy to electricity conversion efficiencies (eta) under AM 1.5 G irradiation (100 mW cm(-2)) of 3.7 and 1.5% and short-circuit current densities (J(sc)s) of 8.6 and 4.2 mA cm(-2), with open-circuit voltages (V(oc)) of 591 and 681 mV and fill factors (FF) of 73 and 53%, respectively.
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