A new cosensitization method using the Lewis acid sites of a TiO2 photoelectrode for dye-sensitized solar cells

• DOI: 10.1039/c3cc49461f
• Publication Date: 2014-05-09T08:30:32Z
• Authors: Naoyuki Shibayama; Hironobu Ozawa; Masahiro Abe; Yousuke Ooyama; Hironori Arakawa
• Keywords: 01 natural sciences; 7. Clean energy; 0104 chemical sciences

Co-sensitized dye-sensitized solar cells using black dye and a pyridine-anchor (NI5 or YNI-2) showing site-selective adsorption behaviour at the TiO2 surface have been prepared for first time to reduce competitive between two dyes.