Tuning chemistry of CuSCN to enhance the performance of TiO2/N719/CuSCN all-solid-state dye-sensitized solar cell

CuSCN with enhanced p-type conductivity was prepared by replacing some of the cuprous sites by triethylamine coordinated Cu(I) with concomitant (SCN)(2) doping to introduce more holes. A compound Cu(5)[(C(2)H(5))(3)N](3)(SCN)(11) was isolated and well characterized. A 41% enhancement of energy conve...

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Published inChemical communications (Cambridge, England) Vol. 46; no. 19; pp. 3360 - 3362
Main Authors Premalal, E V A, Kumara, G R R A, Rajapakse, R M G, Shimomura, Masaru, Murakami, Kenji, Konno, Akinori
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England 01.01.2010
Subjects
Doping
Dyes
Energy conversion efficiency
Photovoltaic cells
Solar cells
Titanium dioxide
Triethylamine
Tuning
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Summary:CuSCN with enhanced p-type conductivity was prepared by replacing some of the cuprous sites by triethylamine coordinated Cu(I) with concomitant (SCN)(2) doping to introduce more holes. A compound Cu(5)[(C(2)H(5))(3)N](3)(SCN)(11) was isolated and well characterized. A 41% enhancement of energy conversion efficiency of the TiO(2)/N719/modified CuSCN cell from the best reported value and more than a factor of ten from bare CuSCN was achieved.
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ISSN:1359-7345
1364-548X
DOI:10.1039/b927336k