Ruthenium dye-sensitized SnO2/TiO2 coupled solar cells

被引:24
作者
Tai, WP [1 ]
Inoue, K
Oh, JH
机构
[1] Inha Univ, Inst Adv Mat, Nam Ku, Inchon 402751, South Korea
[2] Kyushu Natl Ind Res Inst, Dept Inorgan Mat, Tosu, Saga 8410052, Japan
关键词
dye-sensitized solar cell; photoelectrochemical behaviors; IPCE;
D O I
10.1016/S0927-0248(01)00140-4
中图分类号
TE [石油、天然气工业]; TK [能源与动力工程];
学科分类号
0807 ; 0820 ;
摘要
The photoelectrochemical behaviors of RuL2(NCS)(2) dye-sensitized SnO2/TiO2 coupled solar cell was studied and compared with TiO2 single system. The coupled system shows higher incident photon-to-current conversion efficiency (IPCE) value than the single system. A maximum IPCE value in the coupled system with 3.5 mum-thick SnO2 and 7 mum-thick TiO2 attained 82.4% at 530nm wavelength. The higher IPCE value in the coupled system is attributed to the charge separation by fast electron transfer process from the excited RuL2(NCS)(2) dye to TiO2 to SnO2 in the system with different energy level. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:553 / 557
页数:5
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