Determination of effective optical gap in dye/TiO2 systems inspired by p-n junctions

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 106, Issue 14, 2015, Pages

  Hwang, Kyung Jun ^a   Jeong, Yonkil ^b   Park, Dong Won ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

^c GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; LIGHT REFLECTION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SOLAR CELLS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

CURRENT LOSS; DEVICE CURRENTS; EXTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; P-N JUNCTION; PHOTON ENERGY; QUANTUM SIZE EFFECTS; SCHOTTKY JUNCTIONS; WINDOW LAYER;

SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS;

EID: 84927655055     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4917226     Document Type: Article

References (23)

1. A. Hagfeldt, G. Boschloo, L. Sun, L. Kloo, and H. Pettersson, Chem. Rev. 110, 6595 (2010). 10.1021/cr900356p
2. B. O'Regan and J. Durrant, Acc. Chem. Res. 42, 1799 (2009). 10.1021/ar900145z
3. B. O'Regan, L. Xiaoe, and T. Ghaddar, Energy Environ. Sci. 5, 7203 (2012). 10.1039/c2ee21341a
4. N. Kopidakis, E. A. Schiff, N.-G. Park, J. van de Lagemaat, and A. J. Frank, J. Phys. Chem. B 104, 3930 (2000). 10.1021/jp9936603
5. J. Lee, G. M. Coia, and N. S. Lewis, J. Phys. Chem. B 108, 5269 (2004). 10.1021/jp035194u
6. W. Shockley and H. J. Queisser, J. Appl. Phys. 32, 510 (1961). 10.1063/1.1736034
7. J. B. Sambur, T. Novet, and B. A. Parkinson, Science 330, 63 (2010). 10.1126/science.1191462
8. C. A. Nelson, N. R. Monahan, and X.-Y. Zhu, Energy Environ. Sci. 6, 3508 (2013). 10.1039/c3ee42098a
9. A. J. Nozik, Physica E 14, 115 (2002). 10.1016/S1386-9477(02)00374-0
10. K.-J. Hwang, C. Im, D. W. Cho, S.-J. Yoo, J.-W. Lee, and W.-G. Shim, RSC Adv. 2, 3034 (2012). 10.1039/c2ra01218a
11. See supplementary material at http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4917226 E-APPLAB-106-008515 for figures and the properties of electrode surface and interface.
12. D.-W. Park, Y. Jeong, J. Lee, J. Lee, and S.-H. Moon, J. Phys. Chem. C 117, 2734 (2013). 10.1021/jp308193y
13. D.-W. Park, Y. Jeong, T. Prem Kumar, J. Lee, and Y.-K. Choi, Electrochim. Acta 107, 619 (2013). 10.1016/j.electacta.2013.04.117
14. D.-W. Park, Y. Jeong, T. Prem Kumar, and J. Lee, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 6, 14399 (2014). 10.1021/am503611s
15. J. Bisquert, J. Phys. Chem. B 106, 325 (2002). 10.1021/jp011941g
16. J. Bisquert and V. S. Vikhrenko, J. Phys. Chem. B 108, 2313 (2004). 10.1021/jp035395y
17. E. Enache-Pommer, J. E. Boercker, and E. S. Aydil, Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 123116 (2007). 10.1063/1.2783477
18. S. S. Hegedus and W. N. Shafarman, Prog. Photovoltaics: Res. Appl. 12, 155 (2004). 10.1002/pip.518
19. G. Zoppi, I. Forbes, R. W. Miles, P. J. Dale, J. J. Scragg, and L. M. Peter, Prog. Photovoltaics: Res. Appl. 17, 315 (2009). 10.1002/pip.886
20. M. C. K. Sellers and E. G. Seebauer, Thin Solid Films 519, 2103 (2011). 10.1016/j.tsf.2010.10.071
21. J. R. Sites, " Characterization and Analysis of CIGS and CdTe Solar Cells," Subcontract Report NREL/SR-520-44811 (2009).
22. R. Katoh, A. Huijser, K. Hara, T. J. Savenije, and L. D. A. Siebbeles, J. Phys. Chem. C 111, 10741 (2007). 10.1021/jp072585q
23. C. H. Henry, J. Appl. Phys. 51, 4494 (1980). 10.1063/1.328272