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A High‐Voltage Molecular‐Engineered Organic Sensitizer–Iron Redox Shuttle Pair: 1.4 V DSSC and 3.3 V SSM‐DSSC Devices
Author(s) -
Rodrigues Roberta R.,
Cheema Hammad,
Delcamp Jared H.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201712894
Subject(s) - dye sensitized solar cell , redox , solar cell , materials science , optoelectronics , voltage , nanotechnology , chemistry , electrode , electrical engineering , electrolyte , metallurgy , engineering
The development of high voltage solar cells is an attractive way to use sunlight for solar‐to‐fuel devices, multijunction solar‐to‐electric systems, and to power limited‐area consumer electronics. By designing a low‐oxidation‐potential organic dye ( RR9 )/redox shuttle (Fe(bpy) 3 3+/2+ ) pair for dye‐sensitized solar‐cell (DSSC) devices, the highest single device photovoltage (1.42 V) has been realized for a DSSC not relying on doped TiO 2 . Additionally, Fe(bpy) 3 3+/2+ offers a robust, readily tunable ligand platform for redox potential tuning. RR9 can be regenerated with a low driving force (190 mV), and by utilizing the RR9 /Fe(bpy) 3 3+/2+ redox shuttle pair in a subcell for a sequential series multijunction (SSM)‐DSSC system, one of the highest known three subcell photovoltage was attained for any solar‐cell technology (3.34 V, >1.0 V per subcell).