A p-type NiO-based dye-sensitized solar cell with an open-circuit voltage of 0.35 V

Elizabeth A Gibson; Amanda L Smeigh; Loïc Le Pleux; Jérôme Fortage; Gerrit Boschloo; Errol Blart; Yann Pellegrin; Fabrice Odobel; Anders Hagfeldt; Leif Hammarström

doi:10.1002/anie.200900423

A p-type NiO-based dye-sensitized solar cell with an open-circuit voltage of 0.35 V

Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2009;48(24):4402-5. doi: 10.1002/anie.200900423.

Authors

Elizabeth A Gibson¹, Amanda L Smeigh, Loïc Le Pleux, Jérôme Fortage, Gerrit Boschloo, Errol Blart, Yann Pellegrin, Fabrice Odobel, Anders Hagfeldt, Leif Hammarström

Affiliation

¹ Department of Physical and Analytical Chemistry, Uppsala University, Box 259, SE-751 05 Uppsala, Sweden.

PMID: 19431175
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200900423

Abstract

In tandem: Employing a molecular dyad and a cobalt-based electrolyte gives a threefold-increase in open-circuit voltage (V(OC)) for a p-type NiO device (V(OC) = 0.35 V), and a fourfold better energy conversion efficiency. Incorporating these improvements in a TiO(2)/NiO tandem dye-sensitized solar cell (TDSC), results in a TDSC with a V(OC) = 0.91 V (see figure; CB = conductance band, VB = valence band).