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Blocking the charge recombination with diiodide radicals by TiO2 compact layer in dye-sensitized solar cells

Nonomura, Kazuteru ; Vlachopoulos, Nick ; Unger, Eva LU ; Häggman, Leif ; Hagfeldt, Anders and Boschloo, Gerrit (2019) In Journal of the Electrochemical Society 166(9). p.3203-3208
Abstract

The addition of a compact titanium dioxide (TiO2) layer between the fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO) coated glass substrate and the mesoporous TiO2 layer in the dye-sensitized solar cell (DSC) based on the iodide/triiodide redox couple (I−/I3−) is known to improve its current-voltage characteristics. The compact layer decreases the recombination of electrons extracted through the FTO layer with I3− around the maximum power point. Furthermore, the short-circuit photocurrent was improved, which previously has been attributed to the improved light transmittance and/or better contact between TiO2 and FTO. Here, we demonstrate that the compact TiO2 layer... (More)

The addition of a compact titanium dioxide (TiO2) layer between the fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO) coated glass substrate and the mesoporous TiO2 layer in the dye-sensitized solar cell (DSC) based on the iodide/triiodide redox couple (I−/I3−) is known to improve its current-voltage characteristics. The compact layer decreases the recombination of electrons extracted through the FTO layer with I3− around the maximum power point. Furthermore, the short-circuit photocurrent was improved, which previously has been attributed to the improved light transmittance and/or better contact between TiO2 and FTO. Here, we demonstrate that the compact TiO2 layer has another beneficial effect: it blocks the reaction between charge carriers in the FTO and photogenerated diiodide radical species (I2−•). Using photomodulated voltammetry, it is demonstrated that the cathodic photocurrent found at bare FTO electrodes is blocked by the addition of a compact TiO2 layer, while the anodic photocurrent due to reaction with I2−• is maintained.

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10.1149/2.0281909jes
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  author       = {{Nonomura, Kazuteru and Vlachopoulos, Nick and Unger, Eva and Häggman, Leif and Hagfeldt, Anders and Boschloo, Gerrit}},
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  publisher    = {{Electrochemical Society}},
  series       = {{Journal of the Electrochemical Society}},
  title        = {{Blocking the charge recombination with diiodide radicals by TiO<sub>2</sub> compact layer in dye-sensitized solar cells}},
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  doi          = {{10.1149/2.0281909jes}},
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