Theoretical demonstration of efficiency enhancement of dye-sensitized solar cells with double-inverse opal as mirrors

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 114, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 10641-10647

  Tao, Cheng An ^a   Zhu, Wei ^a   An, Qi ^a   Li, Guangtao ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; EFFICIENCY ENHANCEMENT; INVERSE OPAL; OPTICAL ELEMENTS; PHOTOCURRENT EFFICIENCY; REFLECTION REGIONS; SCATTERING LAYER; SMALL SPHERES; STRUCTURAL PARAMETER; VISIBLE SPECTRA;

LIGHT REFLECTION; MIRRORS; PHOTOCURRENTS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 77953516302     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp1022604     Document Type: Article

References (49)

1. 2 Films Nature 1991, 353, 737-740
2. Sauve, G.; Cass, M. E.; Coia, G.; Doig, S. J.; Lauermann, I.; Pomykal, K. E.; Lewis, N. S. Dye Sensitization of Nanocrystalline Titanium Dioxide with Osmium and Ruthenium Polypyridyl Complexes J. Phys. Chem. B 2000, 104, 6821-6836
3. 2 Thin Films Studied by Femtosecond Infrared Spectroscopy J. Phys. Chem. B 2000, 104, 11957-11964
4. Paulsson, H.; Hagfeldt, A.; Kloo, L. Molten and Solid Trialkylsulfonium Iodides and Their Polyiodides as Electrolytes in Dye-Sensitized Nanocrystalline Solar Cells J. Phys. Chem. B 2003, 107, 13665-13670
5. Horiuchi, T.; Miura, H.; Sumioka, K.; Uchida, S. High Efficiency of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Based on Metal-Free Indoline Dyes J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 12218-12219
6. Geary, E. A. M.; Yellowlees, L. J.; Jack, L. A.; Oswald, I. D. H.; Parsons, S.; Hirata, N.; Durrant, J. R.; Robertson, N. Synthesis, Structure, and Properties of [Pt(II)(diimine)(dithiolate)] Dyes with 3,3'-, 4,4'-, and 5,5'-Disubstituted Bipyridyl: Applications in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Inorg. Chem. 2005, 44, 242-250
7. 2 with Black Absorbers Based on Os and Ru Polypyridine Complexes J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 15342-15343
8. Martinson, A. B. F.; Elam, J. W.; Hupp, J. T.; Pellin, M. J. ZnO Nanotube Based Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Nano Lett. 2007, 7, 2183-2187
9. Shi, D.; Pootrakulchote, N.; Li, R. Z.; Guo, J.; Wang, Y.; Zakeeruddin, S. M.; Gratzel, M.; Wang, P. New Efficiency Records for Stable Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells with Low-Volatility and Ionic Liquid Electrolytes J. Phys. Chem. C 2008, 112, 17046-17050
10. Bai, Y.; Cao, Y. M.; Zhang, J.; Wang, M.; Li, R. Z.; Wang, P.; Zakeeruddin, S. M.; Gratzel, M. High-Performance Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Based on Solvent-Free Electrolytes Produced from Eutectic Melts Nat. Mater. 2008, 7, 626-630
11. Yen, Y. S.; Hsu, Y. C.; Lin, J. T.; Chang, C. W.; Hsu, C. P.; Yin, D. J. Pyrrole-Based Organic Dyes for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells J. Phys. Chem. C 2008, 112, 12557-12567
12. Yip, C. H.; Chiang, Y. M.; Wong, C. C. Dielectric Band Edge Enhancement of Energy Conversion Efficiency in Photonic Crystal Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell J. Phys. Chem. C 2008, 112, 8735-8740
13. Staniszewski, A.; Heuer, W. B.; Meyer, G. J. High-Extinction Ruthenium Compounds for Sunlight Harvesting and Hole Transport Inorg. Chem. 2008, 47, 7062-7064
14. Kroon, J. M.; Bakker, N. J.; Smit, H. J. P.; Liska, P.; Thampi, K. R.; Wang, P.; Zakeeruddin, S. M.; Gratzel, M.; Hinsch, A.; Hore, S.; al, E. Nanocrystalline Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Having Maximum Performance Prog. Photovoltaics 2007, 15, 1-18
15. Gratzel, M. Photoelectrochemical Cells Nature 2001, 414, 338-344
16. Nazeeruddin, M. K.; De Angelis, F.; Fantacci, S.; Selloni, A.; Viscardi, G.; Liska, P.; Ito, S.; Takeru, B.; Gratzel, M. G. Combined Experimental and DFT-TDDFT Computational Study of Photoelectrochemical Cell Ruthenium Sensitizers J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 16835-16847
17. Yang, Z. Z.; Xu, T.; Ito, Y. S.; Welp, U.; Kwoko, W. K. Enhanced Electron Transport in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Using Short ZnO Nanotips on a Rough Metal Anode J. Phys. Chem. C 2009, 113, 20521-20526
18. 2 Solar Cells J. Phys. Chem. C 2010, 114, 1627-1632
19. Kim, J. J.; Choi, H.; Kim, C.; Kang, M. S.; Kang, H. S.; Ko, J. Novel Amphiphilic Ruthenium Sensitizer with Hydrophobic Thiophene or Thieno(3,2- b)thiophene-Substituted 2,2'-Dipyridylamine Ligands for Effective Nanocrystalline Dye Sensitized Solar Cells Chem. Mater. 2009, 21, 5719-5726
20. Chen, C. Y.; Pootrakulchote, N.; Wu, S. J.; Wang, M. K.; Li, J. Y.; Tsai, J. H.; Wu, C. G.; Zakeeruddin, S. M.; Gratzel, M. New Ruthenium Sensitizer with Carbazole Antennas for Efficient and Stable Thin-Film Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells J. Phys. Chem. C 2009, 113, 20752-20757
21. Cao, Y. M.; Bai, Y.; Yu, Q. J.; Cheng, Y. M.; Liu, S.; Shi, D.; Gao, F. F.; Wang, P. Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells with a High Absorptivity Ruthenium Sensitizer Featuring a 2-(Hexylthio)thiophene Conjugated Bipyridine J. Phys. Chem. C 2009, 113, 6290-6297
22. Klein, C.; Nazeeruddin, M. K.; Liska, P.; DiCenso, D.; Hirata, N.; Palomares, E.; Durrant, J. R.; Gratzel, M. Engineering of a Novel Ruthenium Sensitizer and Its Application in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells for Conversion of Sunlight into Electricity Inorg. Chem. 2005, 44, 178-180
23. Usami, A. Theoretical Study of Application of Multiple Scattering of Light to a Dye-Sensitized Nanocrystalline Photoelectrochemical Cell Chem. Phys. Lett. 1997, 277, 105-108
24. Hore, S.; Vetter, C.; Kern, R.; Smit, H.; Hinsch, A. Influence of Scattering Layers on Efficiency of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells 2006, 90, 1176-1188
25. Yablonovitch, E. Inhibited Spontaneous Emission in Solid-State Physics and Electronics Phys. Rev. Lett. 1987, 58, 2059-2062
26. John, S. Strong Localization of Photons in Certain Disordered Dielectric Superlattices Phys. Rev. Lett. 1987, 58, 2486-2489
27. Nishimura, S.; Abrams, N.; Lewis, B. A.; Halaoui, L. I.; Mallouk, T. E.; Benkstein, K. D.; van de Lagemaat, J.; Frank, A. J. Standing Wave Enhancement of Red Absorbance and Photocurrent in Dye-Sensitized Titanium Dioxide Photoelectrodes Coupled to Photonic Crystals J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125, 6306-6310
28. Mihi, A.; Miguez, H. Origin of Light-Harvesting Enhancement in Colloidal-Photonic-Crystal-Based Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells J. Phys. Chem. B 2005, 109, 15968-15976
29. Mihi, A.; Lopez-Alcaraz, F. J.; Miguez, H. Full Spectrum Enhancement of the Light Harvesting Efficiency of Dye Sensitized Solar Cells by Including Colloidal Photonic Crystal Multilayers Appl. Phys. Lett. 2006, 88, 193110
30. Mihi, A.; Calvo, M. E.; Anta, J. A.; Miguez, H. Spectral Response of Opal-Based Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells J. Phys. Chem. C 2008, 112, 13-17
31. Ruhl, T.; Spahn, P.; Hermann, C.; Jamois, C.; Hess, O. Double-Inverse-Opal Photonic Crystals: The Route to Photonic Bandgap Switching Adv. Funct. Mater. 2006, 16, 885-890
32. Standard spectrum taken from http://rredc.nrel.gov.
33. Mittleman, D. M.; Bertone, J. F.; Jiang, P.; Hwang, K. S.; Colvin, V. L. Optical Properties of Planar Colloidal Crystals: Dynamical Diffraction and the Scalar Wave Approximation J. Chem. Phys. 1999, 111, 345-354
34. Shung, K. W. K.; Tsai, Y. C. Surface Effects and Band Measurements in Photonic Crystals Phys. Rev. B 1993, 48, 11265-11269
35. Hui-Yuan, D.; Mei, L.; Zong-Han, W.; Jing, W.; Zhen-Lin, W. Band Structures of Three-Dimensional Photonic Crystals Consisting of Dielectric Spheres: A Plane-Wave Approach Acta Phys. Sin. 2005, 54, 3194-3199
36. Mihi, A.; Miguez, H.; Rodriguez, I.; Rubio, S.; Meseguer, F. Surface Resonant Modes in Colloidal Photonic Crystals Phys. Rev. B 2005, 71, 125131
37. Joannopoulos, J. D.; Villeneuve, P. R.; Fan, S. H. Photonic Crystals: Putting a New Twist on Light Nature 1997, 386, 143-149
38. Matsushita, S. I.; Fukuda, N.; Shimomura, M. Photochemically Functional Photonic Crystals Prepared by Using a Two-Dimensional Particle-Array Template Colloids Surf., A 2005, 257-58, 15-17
39. 2 Films Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cell. 2005, 87, 513-519
40. Lee, S. H. A.; Abrams, N. M.; Hoertz, P. G.; Barber, G. D.; Halaoui, L. I.; Mallouk, T. E. Coupling of Titania Inverse Opals to Nanocrystalline Titania Layers in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells J. Phys. Chem. B 2008, 112, 14415-14421
41. 2 Nanoparticles for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Adv. Funct. Mater. 2009, 19, 1093-1099
42. 2 Coatings with Dual Size-Scale Porosity J. Am. Ceram. Soc. 2009, 92, 1921-1925
43. 2 Sensitized with CdSe Quantum Dots Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 2006, 45, 5563-5568
44. Aryal, D. P.; Tsakmakidis, K. L.; Hess, O. Complete Bandgap Switching in Photonic Opals New J. Phys. 2009, 11 073011
45. Jiang, P.; Bertone, J. F.; Hwang, K. S.; Colvin, V. L. Single-Crystal Colloidal Multilayers of Controlled Thickness Chem. Mater. 1999, 11, 2132-2140
46. Blanford, C. F.; Yan, H.; Schroden, R. C.; Al-Daous, M.; Stein, A. Gems of Chemistry and Physics: Macroporous Metal Oxides with 3D Order Adv. Mater. 2001, 13, 401-407
47. Niklasson, G. A.; Granqvist, C. G.; Hunderi, O. Effective Medium Models for the Optical Properties of Inhomogeneous Materials Appl. Opt. 1981, 20, 26-30
48. Li, G. L.; Lei, C. L.; Wang, C. H.; Neoh, K. G.; Kang, E. T.; Yang, X. L. Narrowly Dispersed Double-Walled Concentric Hollow Polymeric Microspheres with Independent pH and Temperature Sensitivity Macromolecules 2008, 41, 9487-9490
49. Jeong, U.; Xia, Y. Synthesis and Crystallization of Monodisperse Spherical Colloids of Amorphous Selenium Adv. Mater. 2005, 17, 102-106