Rediscovering a key interface in dye-sensitized solar cells: Guanidinium and iodine competition for binding sites at the dye/electrolyte surface

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 136, Issue 20, 2014, Pages 7286-7294

  Jeanbourquin, Xavier A ^a,c   Li, Xiaoe ^a   Law, Chunhung ^a   Barnes, Piers R F ^b   Humphry Baker, Robin ^c   Lund, Peter ^d   Asghar, Muhammad I ^d   Oregan, Brian C ^a  

^a Chemistry Department   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

^d AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; EFFICIENCY; ELECTROLYTES; IODINE; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; RATE CONSTANTS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

COLLECTION EFFICIENCY; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTROLYTE ADDITIVES; GUANIDINIUM; NEW MECHANISMS; RECOMBINATION RATE CONSTANT; SURFACE CONCENTRATION;

SOLAR CELLS;

DYE; ELECTROLYTE; GUANIDINE; IODINE; THIOCYANATE;

ADSORPTION KINETICS; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CELLS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DENSITY; DYE SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; ELECTRON; LIGHT INTENSITY; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 84901045093     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: 15205126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja411560s     Document Type: Article

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