Journal of Materials Chemistry · 2008 · 139 citations · 42 references
H Light SoakingEngineeringEnergy ConversionOrganic Solar CellPolyelectrolyte GelPhoto-electrochemical CellChemistryNovel Organic SensitizersPhotoelectrochemistryPhotovoltaicsConducting PolymerChemical EngineeringOrganic ElectrochemistryPhotocatalysisNovel Organic DyePolymer ChemistryPolymer Gel ElectrolyteElectroactive MaterialPhotochemistryBenzothiadiazole ChromophoreElectrochemistryOrganic Charge-transfer CompoundPolymer ScienceConjugated PolymerLow-band-gap ChromophoreSolar Cells
A quasi-solid-state dye-sensitized solar cell with novel organic sensitizers incorporating a benzothiadiazole chromophore showed excellent long-term stability, which exhibited 10% decrease during the 1000 h light soaking; the optimized cell gave a short circuit photocurrent density of 12.03 mA cm−2, an open circuit voltage of 0.720 V and a fill factor of 0.76, corresponding to an overall conversion efficiency of 6.61% under standard global AM 1.5 solar conditions.
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