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Lin XB, Wu CY, Han BY, Lee YC, Lin YF, Li SR, Sun SS, Li CT. Anion Effect on the Cu II-Neocuproine Mediator and Its Electrocatalysts for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells: Polymeric Chalcogenides of PEDOT-PEDTT and [Ag 2(SePh) 2] n. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2024. [PMID: 39303063 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.4c08861] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/22/2024]
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The synthetical methodology for the [Cu(dmp)2]2+/1+ (dmp = 2,9-dimethyl-1,10-phenanthroline; neocuproine) complexes has been systematically investigated by using various copper precursors, including CuCl2, Cu(NO3)2, and Cu(ClO4)2. After an anion exchange to trifluoromethanesulfonimide (TFSI), the tetra-coordinated CuII(dmp)2(TFSI)2-Cu(ClO4)2 (7.43%) outperformed the penta-coordinated CuII(dmp)2(TFSI)(NO3)-Cu(NO3)2 (4.30%) and CuII(dmp)2(TFSI)(Cl)-CuCl2. Polymeric chalcogenides, including a conducting copolymeric electrode of PEDOT-PEDTT [PEDOT = poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene); PEDTT = poly(3,4-ethylenedithiothiophene)] and a coordination polymeric electrode of silver bezeneselenolate ([Ag2(SePh)2]n; mithrene), are introduced as the electrocatalysts for [Cu(dmp)2]2+/1+ for the first time. After optimization, dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) based on carbon cloth (CC)/AgSePh-30 (10.18%) showed superior electrocatalytic ability compared to the benchmark CC/Pt (7.43%) due to numerous active sites provided by electron-donating Se atoms, high film roughness, and bottom-up 2D charge transfer routes. The DSSC based on CC/PEDTT-50 (10.38%) also outperformed CC/Pt due to numerous active sites provided by electron-donating S atoms and proper energy band structure. This work sheds light on the future design and synthesis in Cu-complex mediators and functional polymeric chalcogenides for high-performance DSSCs.
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- Xin-Bei Lin
- Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan Normal University, No. 88, Sec. 4, Ting-Chow Road, Taipei 11677, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan Normal University, No. 88, Sec. 4, Ting-Chow Road, Taipei 11677, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan Normal University, No. 88, Sec. 4, Ting-Chow Road, Taipei 11677, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan Normal University, No. 88, Sec. 4, Ting-Chow Road, Taipei 11677, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan Normal University, No. 88, Sec. 4, Ting-Chow Road, Taipei 11677, Taiwan
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- Institute of Chemistry, Academia Sinica, No. 128, Sec. 2, Academia Road, Nankang District, Taipei 11529, Taiwan
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- Institute of Chemistry, Academia Sinica, No. 128, Sec. 2, Academia Road, Nankang District, Taipei 11529, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan Normal University, No. 88, Sec. 4, Ting-Chow Road, Taipei 11677, Taiwan
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Firestone E, Staples R, Hamann TW. Open-Cage Copper Complexes Modulate Coordination and Charge Transfer. Inorg Chem 2024; 63:12081-12088. [PMID: 38946341 PMCID: PMC11220750 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.4c01046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2024] [Revised: 06/10/2024] [Accepted: 06/11/2024] [Indexed: 07/02/2024]
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This study presents a novel copper-based redox shuttle that employs the PY5 pentadentate polypyridyl ligand in a dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC). The [Cu(PY5)]2+ complex exhibits a unique five-coordinate square pyramidal geometry, characterized by a strategically labile axial position, to facilitate efficient dye regeneration while minimizing electron recombination, thereby enhancing DSSC performance. Notably, the inclusion of 4-tert-butylpyridine (TBP) as an additive is shown to significantly modulate the electrochemical and photophysical properties of the copper complexes, attributed to its coordination to the vacant axial site. This interaction leads to an improved open-circuit voltage and overall device efficiency, with the complexes achieving promising efficiencies under standard solar irradiance. The findings underscore the potential of utilizing copper-based redox shuttles with designed ligand geometries to overcome the limitations of current DSSC materials, opening new avenues for the design and optimization of solar energy conversion devices. This work not only contributes to the fundamental understanding of the behavior of copper complexes in DSSCs but also paves the way for future research aimed at exploiting the full potential of such geometrical and electronic configurations for the development of more robust and efficient solar energy solutions.
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- Eric Firestone
- Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1322, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1322, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1322, United States
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Nguyen VS, Su TS, Chen CC, Yeh CY, Wei TC. Efficient counter electrode for copper (I)(II)-mediated dye-sensitized solar cells based on polyvinyl alcohol capped platinum nanoclusters. J Taiwan Inst Chem Eng 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtice.2022.104626] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/04/2022]
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Study the effect of salicylic acid and π -linkage of electrical and optical properties of organic based solar cell. CHEMICAL PAPERS 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s11696-022-02579-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Selvaraj B, Shanmugam G, Kamaraj S, Thirugnanasambandam E, Peters S, Gunasekeran A, Sambandam A, Pillai RS. Effect of Copper and Cobalt Metal Complex Redox Mediator Based Xanthan Gum Gel Electrolyte Materials on Performance of Dye Sensitized Solar Cells. ChemistrySelect 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/slct.202203197] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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- Balamurugan Selvaraj
- Advanced inorganic chemistry laboratory Department of Chemistry Faculty of Engineering and Technology SRM Institute and Science and Technology SRM Nagar Kattankulathur 603203, Kancheepuram District Tamil Nadu India
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- Advanced inorganic chemistry laboratory Department of Chemistry Faculty of Engineering and Technology SRM Institute and Science and Technology SRM Nagar Kattankulathur 603203, Kancheepuram District Tamil Nadu India
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- Advanced inorganic chemistry laboratory Department of Chemistry Faculty of Engineering and Technology SRM Institute and Science and Technology SRM Nagar Kattankulathur 603203, Kancheepuram District Tamil Nadu India
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- Advanced inorganic chemistry laboratory Department of Chemistry Faculty of Engineering and Technology SRM Institute and Science and Technology SRM Nagar Kattankulathur 603203, Kancheepuram District Tamil Nadu India
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- Advanced inorganic chemistry laboratory Department of Chemistry Faculty of Engineering and Technology SRM Institute and Science and Technology SRM Nagar Kattankulathur 603203, Kancheepuram District Tamil Nadu India
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- Nanomaterials and Solar Energy Conversion Lab Department of Chemistry National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli 620 015 Tamilnadu India
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- Nanomaterials and Solar Energy Conversion Lab Department of Chemistry National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli 620 015 Tamilnadu India
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- Department of Chemistry Christ University Bengaluru 560029 Karnataka India
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Investigation of performance and efficiency of donor-π-bridge-acceptor based material solar cell. INORG CHEM COMMUN 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.inoche.2022.109847] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Housecroft CE, Constable EC. Solar energy conversion using first row d-block metal coordination compound sensitizers and redox mediators. Chem Sci 2022; 13:1225-1262. [PMID: 35222908 PMCID: PMC8809415 DOI: 10.1039/d1sc06828h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2021] [Accepted: 01/05/2022] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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The use of renewable energy is essential for the future of the Earth, and solar photons are the ultimate source of energy to satisfy the ever-increasing global energy demands. Photoconversion using dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs) is becoming an established technology to contribute to the sustainable energy market, and among state-of-the art DSCs are those which rely on ruthenium(ii) sensitizers and the triiodide/iodide (I3 -/I-) redox mediator. Ruthenium is a critical raw material, and in this review, we focus on the use of coordination complexes of the more abundant first row d-block metals, in particular copper, iron and zinc, as dyes in DSCs. A major challenge in these DSCs is an enhancement of their photoconversion efficiencies (PCEs) which currently lag significantly behind those containing ruthenium-based dyes. The redox mediator in a DSC is responsible for regenerating the ground state of the dye. Although the I3 -/I- couple has become an established redox shuttle, it has disadvantages: its redox potential limits the values of the open-circuit voltage (V OC) in the DSC and its use creates a corrosive chemical environment within the DSC which impacts upon the long-term stability of the cells. First row d-block metal coordination compounds, especially those containing cobalt, and copper, have come to the fore in the development of alternative redox mediators and we detail the progress in this field over the last decade, with particular attention to Cu2+/Cu+ redox mediators which, when coupled with appropriate dyes, have achieved V OC values in excess of 1000 mV. We also draw attention to aspects of the recyclability of DSCs.
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- Catherine E Housecroft
- Department of Chemistry, University of Basel Mattenstrasse 24a, BPR 1096 4058 Basel Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Basel Mattenstrasse 24a, BPR 1096 4058 Basel Switzerland
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Godin R, Durrant JR. Dynamics of photoconversion processes: the energetic cost of lifetime gain in photosynthetic and photovoltaic systems. Chem Soc Rev 2021; 50:13372-13409. [PMID: 34786578 DOI: 10.1039/d1cs00577d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The continued development of solar energy conversion technologies relies on an improved understanding of their limitations. In this review, we focus on a comparison of the charge carrier dynamics underlying the function of photovoltaic devices with those of both natural and artificial photosynthetic systems. The solar energy conversion efficiency is determined by the product of the rate of generation of high energy species (charges for solar cells, chemical fuels for photosynthesis) and the energy contained in these species. It is known that the underlying kinetics of the photophysical and charge transfer processes affect the production yield of high energy species. Comparatively little attention has been paid to how these kinetics are linked to the energy contained in the high energy species or the energy lost in driving the forward reactions. Here we review the operational parameters of both photovoltaic and photosynthetic systems to highlight the energy cost of extending the lifetime of charge carriers to levels that enable function. We show a strong correlation between the energy lost within the device and the necessary lifetime gain, even when considering natural photosynthesis alongside artificial systems. From consideration of experimental data across all these systems, the emprical energetic cost of each 10-fold increase in lifetime is 87 meV. This energetic cost of lifetime gain is approx. 50% greater than the 59 meV predicted from a simple kinetic model. Broadly speaking, photovoltaic devices show smaller energy losses compared to photosynthetic devices due to the smaller lifetime gains needed. This is because of faster charge extraction processes in photovoltaic devices compared to the complex multi-electron, multi-proton redox reactions that produce fuels in photosynthetic devices. The result is that in photosynthetic systems, larger energetic costs are paid to overcome unfavorable kinetic competition between the excited state lifetime and the rate of interfacial reactions. We apply this framework to leading examples of photovoltaic and photosynthetic devices to identify kinetic sources of energy loss and identify possible strategies to reduce this energy loss. The kinetic and energetic analyses undertaken are applicable to both photovoltaic and photosynthetic systems allowing for a holistic comparison of both types of solar energy conversion approaches.
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- Robert Godin
- Department of Chemistry, The University of British Columbia, 3247 University Way, Kelowna, British Columbia, V1V 1V7, Canada. .,Clean Energy Research Center, University of British Columbia, 2360 East Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z3, Canada.,Okanagan Institute for Biodiversity, Resilience, and Ecosystem Services, University of British Columbia, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Processable Electronics, Imperial College London, Exhibition Road, London SW7 2AZ, UK
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Rui H, Shen J, Yu Z, Li L, Han H, Sun L. Stable Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Based on Copper(II/I) Redox Mediators Bearing a Pentadentate Ligand. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:16156-16163. [PMID: 33991028 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202104563] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2021] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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In recent years, copper redox mediators have attracted growing interest in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs). However, experiments revealed that ubiquitously used Lewis-base additives in the electrolytes coordinate to the CuII species, which restricts further enhancement of device performance and stability. We report the application of copper complexes endowed with diamine-tripyridine pentadentate ligands, [Cu(tpe)]2+/+ (tpe=N-benzyl-N,N',N'-tris(pyridin-2-ylmethyl)ethylenediamine) and [Cu(tme)]2+/+ (tme=N-benzyl-N,N',N'-tris(6-methylpyridin-2-ylmethyl)ethylenediamine), as redox mediators in DSCs. Experimental measurements demonstrate that the coordination environment of Cu(II) complexes with pentadentate ligands remains unchanged in the presence of TBP, which is in stark contrast to the state-of-the-art bipyridyl counterpart. DSCs based on [Cu(tme)]2+/+ complexes exhibit an excellent long-term stability and maintain more than 90 % of the initial efficiency after 400 h under continuous illumination, which outperform the reference devices incorporating the bipyridyl counterpart (less than 80 %) under identical conditions.
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- Hailong Rui
- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Dalian University of Technology (DUT), Dalian, 116024, China
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- Jiangsu Laboratory of Advanced Functional Materials, School of Materials Engineering, Changshu Institute of Technology, Changshu, 215500, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Dalian University of Technology (DUT), Dalian, 116024, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Dalian University of Technology (DUT), Dalian, 116024, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian, 116023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Dalian University of Technology (DUT), Dalian, 116024, China.,Department of Chemistry, School of Engineering Sciences in Chemistry, Biotechnology and Health, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, 10044, Stockholm, Sweden.,Center of Artificial Photosynthesis for Solar Fuels, School of Science, Westlake University, 310024, Hangzhou, China
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Rui H, Shen J, Yu Z, Li L, Han H, Sun L. Stable Dye‐Sensitized Solar Cells Based on Copper(II/I) Redox Mediators Bearing a Pentadentate Ligand. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202104563] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Hailong Rui
- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals Dalian University of Technology (DUT) Dalian 116024 China
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- Jiangsu Laboratory of Advanced Functional Materials School of Materials Engineering Changshu Institute of Technology Changshu 215500 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals Dalian University of Technology (DUT) Dalian 116024 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals Dalian University of Technology (DUT) Dalian 116024 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy Dalian 116023 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals Dalian University of Technology (DUT) Dalian 116024 China
- Department of Chemistry School of Engineering Sciences in Chemistry, Biotechnology and Health KTH Royal Institute of Technology 10044 Stockholm Sweden
- Center of Artificial Photosynthesis for Solar Fuels School of Science Westlake University 310024 Hangzhou China
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Kokkonen M, Talebi P, Zhou J, Asgari S, Soomro SA, Elsehrawy F, Halme J, Ahmad S, Hagfeldt A, Hashmi SG. Advanced research trends in dye-sensitized solar cells. JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY. A 2021; 9:10527-10545. [PMID: 33996094 PMCID: PMC8095349 DOI: 10.1039/d1ta00690h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2021] [Accepted: 03/10/2021] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) are an efficient photovoltaic technology for powering electronic applications such as wireless sensors with indoor light. Their low cost and abundant materials, as well as their capability to be manufactured as thin and light-weight flexible solar modules highlight their potential for economic indoor photovoltaics. However, their fabrication methods must be scaled to industrial manufacturing with high photovoltaic efficiency and performance stability under typical indoor conditions. This paper reviews the recent progress in DSSC research towards this goal through the development of new device structures, alternative redox shuttles, solid-state hole conductors, TiO2 photoelectrodes, catalyst materials, and sealing techniques. We discuss how each functional component of a DSSC has been improved with these new materials and fabrication techniques. In addition, we propose a scalable cell fabrication process that integrates these developments to a new monolithic cell design based on several features including inkjet and screen printing of the dye, a solid state hole conductor, PEDOT contact, compact TiO2, mesoporous TiO2, carbon nanotubes counter electrode, epoxy encapsulation layers and silver conductors. Finally, we discuss the need to design new stability testing protocols to assess the probable deployment of DSSCs in portable electronics and internet-of-things devices.
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- Mikko Kokkonen
- Microelectronics Research Unit, Faculty of Information Technology & Electrical Engineering, University of Oulu P. O. Box 4500 FI-90014 Finland
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- Nano and Molecular Systems Research Unit, University of Oulu FIN-90014 Finland
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- Microelectronics Research Unit, Faculty of Information Technology & Electrical Engineering, University of Oulu P. O. Box 4500 FI-90014 Finland
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- Optoelectronics and Measurement Techniques Research Unit, Faculty of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, University of Oulu Oulu Finland
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- Center for Ubiquitous Computing, Department of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, University of Oulu Finland
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- New Energy Technologies Research Group, Department of Applied Physics, Aalto University P.O. Box 15100 FI-00076 Aalto Finland
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- New Energy Technologies Research Group, Department of Applied Physics, Aalto University P.O. Box 15100 FI-00076 Aalto Finland
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- BCMaterials-Basque Center for Materials, Applications and Nanostructures UPV/EHU Science Park 48940 Leioa Spain
- IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science Bilbao 48009 Spain
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- Department of Chemistry, Ångström Laboratory, Uppsala University P. O. Box 523 75120 Uppsala Sweden
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- Microelectronics Research Unit, Faculty of Information Technology & Electrical Engineering, University of Oulu P. O. Box 4500 FI-90014 Finland
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Selvaraj B, Shanmugam G, Kamaraj S, Gunasekeran A, Sambandam A. Effect of 1-Substituted 2-(Pyridin-2-yl)-1H-Benzo[d]imidazole Ligand-Coordinated Copper and Cobalt Complex Redox Electrolytes on Performance of Ru(II) Dye-Based Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells. Inorg Chem 2021; 60:1937-1947. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c03406] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Balamurugan Selvaraj
- Advanced Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur 603 203, Chengalpattu District, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Advanced Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur 603 203, Chengalpattu District, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Advanced Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur 603 203, Chengalpattu District, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Nanomaterials and Solar Energy Conversion Lab, Department of Chemistry, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli 620 015, Tamilnadu, India
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- Nanomaterials and Solar Energy Conversion Lab, Department of Chemistry, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli 620 015, Tamilnadu, India
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Jiang H, Ren Y, Zhang W, Wu Y, Socie EC, Carlsen BI, Moser J, Tian H, Zakeeruddin SM, Zhu W, Grätzel M. Phenanthrene‐Fused‐Quinoxaline as a Key Building Block for Highly Efficient and Stable Sensitizers in Copper‐Electrolyte‐Based Dye‐Sensitized Solar Cells. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202000892] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Huiyun Jiang
- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular EngineeringFeringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research CenterShanghai Key Laboratory of Functional Materials ChemistryInstitute of Fine ChemicalsSchool of Chemistry and Molecular EngineeringEast China University of Science and Technology Shanghai 200237 China
- Laboratory of Photonics and InterfacesInstitute of Chemical Sciences and EngineeringÉcole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) 1015 Lausanne Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Photonics and InterfacesInstitute of Chemical Sciences and EngineeringÉcole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) 1015 Lausanne Switzerland
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular EngineeringFeringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research CenterShanghai Key Laboratory of Functional Materials ChemistryInstitute of Fine ChemicalsSchool of Chemistry and Molecular EngineeringEast China University of Science and Technology Shanghai 200237 China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular EngineeringFeringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research CenterShanghai Key Laboratory of Functional Materials ChemistryInstitute of Fine ChemicalsSchool of Chemistry and Molecular EngineeringEast China University of Science and Technology Shanghai 200237 China
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- Photochemical Dynamics GroupInstitute of Chemical Sciences and EngineeringÉcole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Photomolecular ScienceInstitute of Chemical Sciences and EngineeringÉcole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) Switzerland
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- Photochemical Dynamics GroupInstitute of Chemical Sciences and EngineeringÉcole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) Switzerland
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular EngineeringFeringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research CenterShanghai Key Laboratory of Functional Materials ChemistryInstitute of Fine ChemicalsSchool of Chemistry and Molecular EngineeringEast China University of Science and Technology Shanghai 200237 China
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- Laboratory of Photonics and InterfacesInstitute of Chemical Sciences and EngineeringÉcole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) 1015 Lausanne Switzerland
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular EngineeringFeringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research CenterShanghai Key Laboratory of Functional Materials ChemistryInstitute of Fine ChemicalsSchool of Chemistry and Molecular EngineeringEast China University of Science and Technology Shanghai 200237 China
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- Laboratory of Photonics and InterfacesInstitute of Chemical Sciences and EngineeringÉcole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) 1015 Lausanne Switzerland
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Jiang H, Ren Y, Zhang W, Wu Y, Socie EC, Carlsen BI, Moser JE, Tian H, Zakeeruddin SM, Zhu WH, Grätzel M. Phenanthrene-Fused-Quinoxaline as a Key Building Block for Highly Efficient and Stable Sensitizers in Copper-Electrolyte-Based Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020; 59:9324-9329. [PMID: 32160366 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202000892] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2020] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) based on CuII/I bipyridyl or phenanthroline complexes as redox shuttles have achieved very high open-circuit voltages (VOC , more than 1 V). However, their short-circuit photocurrent density (JSC ) has remained modest. Increasing the JSC is expected to extend the spectral response of sensitizers to the red or NIR region while maintaining efficient electron injection in the mesoscopic TiO2 film and fast regeneration by the CuI complex. Herein, we report two new D-A-π-A-featured sensitizers termed HY63 and HY64, which employ benzothiadiazole (BT) or phenanthrene-fused-quinoxaline (PFQ), respectively, as the auxiliary electron-withdrawing acceptor moiety. Despite their very similar energy levels and absorption onsets, HY64-based DSSCs outperform their HY63 counterparts, achieving a power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 12.5 %. PFQ is superior to BT in reducing charge recombination resulting in the near-quantitative collection of photogenerated charge carriers.
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- Huiyun Jiang
- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Functional Materials Chemistry, Institute of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China.,Laboratory of Photonics and Interfaces, Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Photonics and Interfaces, Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Functional Materials Chemistry, Institute of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Functional Materials Chemistry, Institute of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- Photochemical Dynamics Group, Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Photomolecular Science, Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland
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- Photochemical Dynamics Group, Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Functional Materials Chemistry, Institute of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- Laboratory of Photonics and Interfaces, Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Functional Materials Chemistry, Institute of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- Laboratory of Photonics and Interfaces, Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland
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Lee H, Wu X, Sun L. Copper-based homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysts for electrochemical water oxidation. NANOSCALE 2020; 12:4187-4218. [PMID: 32022815 DOI: 10.1039/c9nr10437b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Water oxidation is currently believed to be the bottleneck in the field of electrochemical water splitting and artificial photosynthesis. Enormous efforts have been devoted toward the exploration of water oxidation catalysts (WOCs), including homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysts. Recently, Cu-based WOCs have been widely developed because of their high abundance, low cost, and biological relevance. However, to the best of our knowledge, no review has been made so far on such types of catalysts. Thus, we have summarized the recent progress made in the development of homogeneous and heterogeneous Cu-based WOCs for electrochemical catalysis. Furthermore, the evaluations of catalytic activity, stability, and mechanism of these catalysts are carefully concluded and highlighted. We believe that this review can summarize the current progress in the field of Cu-based electrochemical WOCs and help in the design of more efficient and stable WOCs.
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- Husileng Lee
- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, DUT-KTH Joint Education and Research Center on Molecular Devices, Dalian University of Technology (DUT), 116024 Dalian, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, DUT-KTH Joint Education and Research Center on Molecular Devices, Dalian University of Technology (DUT), 116024 Dalian, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, DUT-KTH Joint Education and Research Center on Molecular Devices, Dalian University of Technology (DUT), 116024 Dalian, China. and Department of Chemistry, School of Chemical Science and Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, 10044 Stockholm, Sweden and Institute for Energy Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology (DUT), Dalian 116024, China
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Rodrigues RR, Lee JM, Taylor NS, Cheema H, Chen L, Fortenberry RC, Delcamp JH, Jurss JW. Copper-based redox shuttles supported by preorganized tetradentate ligands for dye-sensitized solar cells. Dalton Trans 2020; 49:343-355. [PMID: 31825041 DOI: 10.1039/c9dt04030g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Three copper redox shuttles ([Cu(1)]2+/1+, [Cu(2)]2+/1+, and [Cu(3)]2+/1+) featuring tetradentate ligands were synthesized and evaluated computationally, electrochemically, and in dye-sensitized solar cell (DSC) devices using a benchmark organic dye, Y123. Neutral polyaromatic ligands with limited flexibility were targeted as a strategy to improve solar-to-electrical energy conversion by reducing voltage losses associated with redox shuttle electron transfer events. Inner-sphere electron transfer reorganization energies (λ) were computed quantum chemically and compared to the commonly used [Co(bpy)3]3+/2+ redox shuttle which has a reported λ value of 0.61 eV. The geometrically constrained biphenyl-based Cu redox shuttles investigated here have lower reorganization energies (0.34-0.53 eV) and thus can potentially operate with lower driving forces for dye regeneration (ΔGreg) in DSC devices when compared to [Co(bpy)3]3+/2+-based devices. The rigid tetradentate ligand design promotes more efficient electron transfer reactions leading to an improved JSC (14.1 mA cm-2), higher stability due to the chelate effect, and a decrease in VlossOC for one of the copper redox shuttle-based devices.
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- Roberta R Rodrigues
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Mississippi, University, MS 38677, USA.
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Wang W, Tran R, Qu J, Liu Y, Chen C, Xu M, Chen Y, Ong SP, Wang L, Zhou W, Shao Z. Chlorine-Doped Perovskite Oxide: A Platinum-Free Cathode for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2019; 11:35641-35652. [PMID: 31532199 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b07966] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Triiodide/iodide (I3-/I-) redox couple-mediated solar cells, batteries, and electrochromic devices require highly efficient and stable electrocatalysts for I3- reduction reaction (IRR) to overcome performance limitations, whereas the widely used platinum (Pt) cathode for IRR has limitations of high price and unfavorable durability. In this work, we present a halogen element (chlorine) doping strategy to design low-cost perovskite-type electrocatalysts with enhanced IRR activity and stability. The dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) assembled by the LaFeO2.965-δCl0.035 cathode delivers an attractive power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 11.4% with a remarkable PCE enhancement factor of 23% compared with Pt, which is higher than most of the reported non-Pt DSSC cathodes. Attractively, LaFeO2.965-δCl0.035 displays superior IRR activity/stability and structural stability in the I3-/I--based electrolyte compared to pristine LaFeO3 because chlorine doping facilitates the creation of oxygen vacancies (active sites) and enhances surface acidity simultaneously. This study provides a new way for designing outstanding IRR electrocatalysts, which could be applied to many redox couple-mediated photo/electrochemical devices.
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- Wei Wang
- WA School of Mines: Minerals, Energy and Chemical Engineering (WASM-MECE) , Curtin University , Perth , Western Australia 6845 , Australia
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- Department of NanoEngineering , University of California San Diego , 9500 Gilman Dr , Mail Code 0448, La Jolla , California 92093-0448 , United States
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Chemical Engineering , Nanjing Tech University , Nanjing 210009 , China
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- WA School of Mines: Minerals, Energy and Chemical Engineering (WASM-MECE) , Curtin University , Perth , Western Australia 6845 , Australia
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- Department of NanoEngineering , University of California San Diego , 9500 Gilman Dr , Mail Code 0448, La Jolla , California 92093-0448 , United States
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Chemical Engineering , Nanjing Tech University , Nanjing 210009 , China
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- School of Material Science and Engineering , Nanyang Technological University , 50 Nanyang Avenue , Singapore 639798 , Singapore
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- Department of NanoEngineering , University of California San Diego , 9500 Gilman Dr , Mail Code 0448, La Jolla , California 92093-0448 , United States
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- School of Chemical Engineering and AIBN , The University of Queensland , St Lucia , Brisbane , Queensland 4072 , Australia
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Chemical Engineering , Nanjing Tech University , Nanjing 210009 , China
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- WA School of Mines: Minerals, Energy and Chemical Engineering (WASM-MECE) , Curtin University , Perth , Western Australia 6845 , Australia
- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Chemical Engineering , Nanjing Tech University , Nanjing 210009 , China
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Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) have attracted a substantial interest in the last 30 years for the conversion of solar power to electricity. An important component is the redox mediator effecting the transport of charge between the photoelectrode and the dark counter electrode (CE). Among the possible mediators, metal coordination complexes play a prominent role and at present are incorporated in several types of devices with a power conversion efficiency exceeding 10%. The present review, after a brief introduction to the operation of DSSCs, discusses at first the requirements for a successful mediator. Subsequently, the properties of various classes of inorganic coordination complexes functioning as mediators relevant to DSSC operation are presented and the operational characteristics of DSSC devices analyzed. Particular emphasis is paid to the two main classes of efficient redox mediators, the coordination complexes of cobalt and copper; however other less efficient but promising classes of mediators, notably complexes of iron, nickel, manganese and vanadium, are also presented.
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Li W, Ma P, Chen F, Xu R, Cheng Z, Yin X, Lin Y, Wang L. CoSe2/porous carbon shell composites as high-performance catalysts toward tri-iodide reduction in dye-sensitized solar cells. Inorg Chem Front 2019. [DOI: 10.1039/c9qi00859d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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CoSe2/carbon shell composites with many active sites were developed as catalysts for I3− reduction in dye-sensitized solar cells with efficiency and stability exceeding those of Pt.
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- Weidan Li
- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering
- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering
- College of Chemistry
- Beijing University of Chemical Technology
- Beijing 100029
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences
- Key Laboratory of Photochemistry
- CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences
- Institute of Chemistry
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering
- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering
- College of Chemistry
- Beijing University of Chemical Technology
- Beijing 100029
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Functional Materials & Micro-nano Devices
- Department of Physics
- Renmin University of China
- Beijing 100872
- P. R. China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Functional Materials & Micro-nano Devices
- Department of Physics
- Renmin University of China
- Beijing 100872
- P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering
- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering
- College of Chemistry
- Beijing University of Chemical Technology
- Beijing 100029
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences
- Key Laboratory of Photochemistry
- CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences
- Institute of Chemistry
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering
- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering
- College of Chemistry
- Beijing University of Chemical Technology
- Beijing 100029
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