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11% efficiency solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells with copper(II/I) hole transport materials

Cao, Yiming  
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Saygili, Yasemin
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Ummadisingu, Amita  
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2017
Nature Communications

Solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells currently suffer from issues such as inadequate nanopore filling, low conductivity and crystallization of hole-transport materials infiltrated in the mesoscopic TiO2 scaffolds, leading to low performances. Here we report a record 11% stable solid-state dye-sensitized solar cell under standard air mass 1.5 global using a hole-transport material composed of a blend of Cu (4,40,6,60-tetramethyl-2,20-bipyridine)22 and Cu (4,40,6,60-tetramethyl-2,20 bipyridine)2. The amorphous Cu(II/I) conductors that conduct holes by rapid hopping infiltrated in a 6.5 mm-thick mesoscopic TiO2 scaffold are crucial for achieving such high efficiency. Using time-resolved laser photolysis, we determine the time constants for electron injection from the photoexcited sensitizers Y123 into the TiO2 and regeneration of the Y123 by Cu(I) to be 25 ps and 3.2 ms, respectively. Our work will foster the development of low-cost solid-state photovoltaic based on transition metal complexes as hole conductors.

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DOI
10.1038/ncomms15390
Web of Science ID

WOS:000402959800001

Author(s)
Cao, Yiming  
Saygili, Yasemin
Ummadisingu, Amita  
Teuscher, Joël
Luo, Jingshan  
Pellet, Norman  
Giordano, Fabrizio  
Zakeeruddin, Shaik Mohammed  
Moser, Jacques -E.  
Freitag, Marina
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Date Issued

2017

Publisher

Nature Publishing Group

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Nature Communications
Volume

8

Article Number

15390

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REVIEWED

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June 17, 2017
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