Efficient dye-sensitized solar cells based on bioinspired copper redox mediators by tailoring counterions
Lihua Li, Liang Zhao, Xiao Jiang, Ze Yu, Jihong Liu, Hailong Rui, Junyu Shen, Walid Sharmoukh, Nageh K. Allam, Licheng Sun
Abstract
Two new copper complexes bearing a bis(2-pyridylmethyl)-1,2-ethanedithiol ligand (coded as [Cu(N 2 S 2 )] 2+/+ ), with tetrafluoroborate and hexafluorophosphate counterions, were synthesized and applied as redox mediators in dye-sensitized solar cells.
Topics & Concepts
CounterionRedoxCopperHexafluorophosphateTetrafluoroborateChemistryDye-sensitized solar cellLigand (biochemistry)PhotochemistryInorganic chemistryIonic liquidIonOrganic chemistryReceptorCatalysisPhysical chemistryBiochemistryElectrolyteElectrodeTiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar CellsAdvanced Nanomaterials in CatalysisAdvanced Photocatalysis Techniques