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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
卷 134, 期 48, 页码 19820-19827出版社
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/ja308725r
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- U.S. Department of Energy through BES [DE-FG02-87ER13808]
- EERE [DE-FG36-08GO18137]
- U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) [DE-FG02-87ER13808] Funding Source: U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
Dye-sensitized solar cells, especially those comprising molecular chromophores and inorganic titania, have shown promise as an alternative to silicon for photovoltaic light-to-electrical energy conversion. Co-sensitization (the use of two or more chromophores having complementary absorption spectra) has attracted attention as a method for harvesting photons over a broad spectral range. If implemented successfully, then cosensitization can substantially enhance photocurrent densities and light-to-electrical energy conversion efficiencies. In only a few cases, however, have significant overall improvements been obtained. In most other cases, inefficiencies arise due to unconstructive energy or charge transfer between chromophores or, as we show here, because of modulation of charge-recombination behavior. Spatial isolation of differing chromophores offers a solution. We report a new and versatile method for fabricating two-color photoanodes featuring spatially isolated chromophore types that are selectively positioned in desired zones. Exploiting this methodology, we find that photocurrent densities depend on both the relative and absolute positions of chromophores and on local effective electron collection lengths. One version of the two-color photoanode, based on an organic push pull dye together with a porphyrin dye, yielded high photocurrent densities (J(sc) = 14.6 mA cm(-2)) and double the efficiency of randomly mixed dyes, once the dyes were optimally positioned with respect to each other. We believe that the organizational rules and fabrication strategy will prove transferrable, thereby advancing understanding of panchromatic sensitization as well as yielding higher efficiency devices.
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