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Development of an organic redox couple and organic dyes for aqueous dye-sensitized solar cells

Haining Tian, Erik Gabrielsson, Peter W. Lohse, Nick Vlachopoulos, Lars Kloo, Anders Hagfeldt, Licheng Sun

Energy & Environmental Science · 2012 · 57 citations · 17 references

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A water-soluble organic redox couple (TT−/DTT) and new organic dyes (D45 and D51) have been developed for aqueous dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs). An optimal efficiency of 3.5% was obtained using the D51 dye and an optimized electrolyte composition. The highest IPCE value obtained was 68% at 460 nm.

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