Enhanced electron lifetimes in dye-sensitized solar cells using a di-chromophoric porphyrin: the utility of inter-molecular forces

Authors

Long Zhao, University of WollongongFollow
Pawel W. Wagner, University of WollongongFollow
Holly van der Salm, University of Otago
Keith C. Gordon, University of Otago
Shogo Mori, Shinshu University
Attila J. Mozer, University of WollongongFollow

RIS ID

103065

Publication Details

Zhao, L., Wagner, P., van der Salm, H., Gordon, K. C., Mori, S. & Mozer, A. J. (2015). Enhanced electron lifetimes in dye-sensitized solar cells using a di-chromophoric porphyrin: the utility of inter-molecular forces. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 7 (39), 22078-22083.

Abstract

Electron lifetimes in dye-sensitized solar cells employing a porphyrin dye, an organic dye, a 1:1 mixture of the two dyes and a di-chromophoric dye design consisting of the two dyes using a non-conjugated linker were measured, suggesting that the dispersion force of the organic dyes has a significant detrimental effect on the electron lifetime and that the di-chromophoric design can be utilized to control the effect of the dispersion force.

Grant Number

ARC/DP110102201

Additional Grant Number

http://purl.org/au-research/grants/ARC/DP110102201