Efficient organic dye-sensitized thin-film solar cells based on the tris(1,10-phenanthroline)cobalt(II/III) redox shuttle

• DOI: 10.1039/c0ee00735h
• Publication Date: 2011-04-21T08:30:28Z
• Authors: Difei Zhou; Qingjiang Yu; Ning Cai; Yu Bai; Yinghui Wang; Peng Wang
• Keywords: 02 engineering and technology; 0210 nano-technology; 01 natural sciences; 7. Clean energy; 0104 chemical sciences

We deploy the tris(1,10-phenanthroline)cobalt(II/III) redox shuttle in conjunction with the high-absorption-coefficient organic photosensitizer C218 to fabricate an iodine-free dye-sensitized solar cell displaying an unprecedented 8.3% efficiency at an irradiation of AM1.5 full sunlight.