Polyoxometalate supported complexes as effective electron-transfer mediators in dye-sensitized solar cells

• DOI: 10.1039/c3dt52676c
• Publication Date: 2013-11-12T15:25:26Z
• Authors: Chun-Chen Yuan; Shi-Ming Wang; Wei-Lin Chen; Lin Liu; Chao Qin; Zhong-Min Su; En-Bo Wang
• Keywords: 7. Clean energy; 01 natural sciences; 0104 chemical sciences

Two Anderson-type heteropolyanion-supported copper phenanthroline redox couples have been successfully introduced into dye-sensitized solar cells, which can significantly increase the short-circuit photocurrent, open-circuit voltage and the conversion efficiency by 2.2 times, 26.8% and 3.93 times respectively, compared to the pristine copper phenanthroline redox couple.