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Charge Carrier Transport in the Bulk and at the Surface of Nanoparticles: A Quasi-Solid-State Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

Dennis Friedrich  and
Marinus Kunst
Dennis Friedrich
Affiliation:
friedrich@helmholtz-berlin.de, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Institute Solar Fuels, Berlin, Germany
Marinus Kunst
Affiliation:
kunst@helmholtz-berlin.de, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Institute Solar Fuels, Berlin, Germany
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Abstract

A quasi-solid-state dye-sensitized solar cell is presented, where the conventional liquid electrolyte is replaced by an electrolyte film, reaching a solar light-to-current conversion efficiency of 3%. Contactless transient photoconductance measurements were performed, revealing decay behavior of photoinduced charge carriers, dependent on external applied potential conditions. The measurements show that the decay is controlled by the injection of electrons into the front contact, hindered or enhanced by the field in the space charge region.

Keywords

nanostructurephotovoltaickinetics
Type
Research Article
Information
MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1270: Symposia GG/HH/II – Organic Photovoltaics and Related Electronics-From Excitons to Devices , 2010 , 1270-GG04-14
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2010

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