Toward interaction of sensitizer and functional moieties in hole-transporting materials for efficient semiconductor-sensitized solar cells

Sang Hyuk Im; Choong Sun Lim; Jeong Ah Chang; Yong Hui Lee; Nilkamal Maiti; Hi Jung Kim; Md K. Nazeeruddin; Michael Grätzel; Sang Il Seok

doi:10.1021/nl2026184

Toward interaction of sensitizer and functional moieties in hole-transporting materials for efficient semiconductor-sensitized solar cells

Sang Hyuk Im, Choong Sun Lim, Jeong Ah Chang, Yong Hui Lee, Nilkamal Maiti, Hi Jung Kim, Md K. Nazeeruddin, Michael Grätzel, Sang Il Seok

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Sb₂S₃-sensitized mesoporous-TiO₂ solar cells using several conjugated polymers as hole-transporting materials (HTMs) are fabricated. We found that the cell performance was strongly correlated with the chemical interaction at the interface of Sb₂S₃ as sensitizer and the HTMs through the thiophene moieties, which led to a higher fill factor (FF), open-circuit voltage (V_oc), and short-circuit current density (J_sc). With the application of PCPDTBT (poly(2,6-(4,4-bis-(2-ethylhexyl)-4H-cyclopenta[2,1-b;3,4-b']dithiophene)-alt-4, 7(2,1,3-benzothiadiazole)) as a HTM in a Sb₂S₃-sensitized solar cell, overall power conversion efficiencies of 6.18, 6.57, and 6.53% at 100, 50, and 10% solar irradiation, respectively, were achieved with a metal mask.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	4789-4793
Number of pages	5
Journal	Nano Letters
Volume	11
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/nl2026184
Publication status	Published - 2011 Nov 9
Externally published	Yes

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