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The renaissance of dye-sensitized solar cells

NATURE PHOTONICS 6:3 (2012) 162-169

Authors:

Brian E Hardin, Henry J Snaith, Michael D McGehee

Triblock-Terpolymer-Directed Self-Assembly of Mesoporous TiO2: High-Performance Photoanodes for Solid-State Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

ADVANCED ENERGY MATERIALS 2:6 (2012) 676-682

Authors:

Pablo Docampo, Morgan Stefik, Stefan Guldin, Robert Gunning, Nataliya A Yufa, Ning Cai, Peng Wang, Ullrich Steiner, Ulrich Wiesner, Henry J Snaith

Efficiency Measurements and Simulations of GaInP/InGaAs/Ge Quantum Dot Enhanced Solar Cells at up to 1000鈥怱uns Under Flash and Continuous Concentration

AIP Conference Proceedings AIP Publishing 1407:1 (2011) 220-223

Authors:

Jeffrey F Wheeldon, Alex Walker, Christopher E Valdivia, Simon Chow, Olivier Theriault, Richard Beal, M Yandt, Denis Masson, Bruno Riel, David McMeekin, Norbert Puetz, Steven G Wallace, Vincent Aimez, Richard Are虁s, Trevor J Hall, Simon Fafard, Karin Hinzer, Frank Dimroth, Sarah Kurtz, Gabriel Sala, Andreas W Bett

Improved performances in annealed P3HT-based dye sensitized solar cells (DSSC): A detailed morphological and spectroscopic investigation

Optics InfoBase Conference Papers (2011)

Authors:

R Sai Santosh Kumar, G Grancini, A Abrusci, HJ Snaith

Abstract:

We employ femtosecond transient absorption spectroscopy and atomic force microscopy on operating hybrid solid-state DSSC with P3HT as the hole transporter, to probe the effect of annealing on charge transfer dynamics and nanoscale morphology. 漏 2011 OSA.

Self-assembly as a design tool for the integration of photonic structures into excitonic solar cells

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering 8111 (2011)

Authors:

S Guldin, P Docampo, S H眉ttner, P Kohn, M Stefik, HJ Snaith, U Wiesner, U Steiner

Abstract:

One way to successfully enhance light harvesting of excitonic solar cells is the integration of optical elements that increase the photon path length in the light absorbing layer. Device architectures which incorporate structural order in form of one- or three-dimensional refractive index lattices can lead to the localization of light in specific parts of the spectrum, while retaining the cell's transparency in others. Herein, we present two routes for the integration of photonic crystals (PCs) into dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs). In both cases, the self-assembly of soft matter plays a key role in the fabrication process of the TiO2 electrode. One approach relies on a combination of colloidal self-assembly and the self-assembly of block copolymers, resulting in a double layer dye-sensitized solar cell with increased light absorption from the 3D PC element. An alternative route is based on the fact that the refractive index of the mesoporous layer can be finely tuned by the interplay between block copolymer self-assembly and hydrolytic TiO 2 sol-gel chemistry. Alternating deposition of high and low refractive index layers enables the integration of a 1D PC into a DSC. 漏 2011 SPIE.