Photoelectrochemical properties of ruthenium dye-sensitized nanocrystalline SnO2:TiO2 solar cells

被引:39
作者
Tai, WP [1 ]
机构
[1] Inha Univ, Inst Adv Mat, Nam Ku, Inchon 402751, South Korea
关键词
solar cell; nanocrystalline; IPCE; photoelectrochemical; dye;
D O I
10.1016/S0927-0248(02)00250-7
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 properties of RuL2(NCS)(2) dye-sensitized nanocrystalline SnO2:TiO2 coupled and composite solar cells are reported. The coupled (bilayer) system shows higher incident photon-to-current conversion efficiency (IPCE) value than the composite (mixture) system. A maximum IPCE value attained 82.4% at 530nm wavelength in the coupled system with 3.5 mum-thick SnO2, and 7 mum-thick TiO2. The higher IPCE value in the coupled system is attributed to the promotion of the charge separation by fast electron transfer process in the SnO2/TiO2/RuL2(NCS)(2) system with different energy levels, different conduction band edge energy positions. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:65 / 73
页数:9
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