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JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY A
Volume 113, Issue 16, Pages 4015-4021Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/jp810406q
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- U.S. Department of Energy, Basic Energy Sciences Program [DE-FG02-87ER13808]
- U.S. Department of Energy [W-31-109-ENG-38]
- Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion [MAT2007-62982, HOPE CSD2007-00007]
- CNPq - Brasil [201516/2007-1]
- U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) [DE-FG02-87ER13808] Funding Source: U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
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Dye-sensitized solar cells based on ordered arrays of polycrystalline ZnO nanotubes, 64 mu m in length, are shown to exhibit efficient electron collection over the entire photoanode array length. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy, open-circuit photovoltage decay analysis, and incident-photon-to-current efficiency spectra are used to quantify charge transport and lifetimes. Despite the relatively thick photoanode, the charge extraction time is found to be faster than observed in traditional TiO2 nanoparticle photoanodes. If the extraction dynamics are interpreted as diffusive, effective electron diffusion coefficients of up to 0.4 cm(2) s(-1) are obtained, making these pseudo-ID photoanodes the fastest reported for an operating DSC to date. Rapid electron collection is of practical significance because it should enable alternative redox shuttles, which display relatively fast electron-interception dynamics, to be employed without significant loss of photocurrent.
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