TY - JOUR
T1 - Electrochemical reaction rates in a dye-sensitised solar cell - The iodide/tri-iodide redox system
AU - Bay, Lasse
AU - West, Keld
AU - Winther Jensen, Bjorn
AU - Jacobsen, Torben
PY - 2006/2/25
Y1 - 2006/2/25
N2 - The electrochemical reaction rate of the redox couple iodide/tri-iodide in acetonitrile is characterised by impedance spectroscopy. Different electrode materials relevant for the function of dye-sensitised solar cells (DSSC) are investigated. Preferably, the reaction with the iodide/tri-iodide couple should be fast at the counter electrode, i.e. this electrode must have a high catalytic activity towards the redox couple, and the same reaction must be slow on the photo electrode. The catalytic activity is investigated for platinum, poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT), polypyrrole (PPy), and polyaniline (PANI) - all deposited onto fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO) glass. Both Pt and PEDOT are found to have sufficiently high catalytic activities for practical use as counter electrodes in DSSC. The reaction resistance on FTO and anatase confirmed the beneficial effect of a compact anatase layer on top of the FTO glass in lowering the tri-iodide reduction rate.
AB - The electrochemical reaction rate of the redox couple iodide/tri-iodide in acetonitrile is characterised by impedance spectroscopy. Different electrode materials relevant for the function of dye-sensitised solar cells (DSSC) are investigated. Preferably, the reaction with the iodide/tri-iodide couple should be fast at the counter electrode, i.e. this electrode must have a high catalytic activity towards the redox couple, and the same reaction must be slow on the photo electrode. The catalytic activity is investigated for platinum, poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT), polypyrrole (PPy), and polyaniline (PANI) - all deposited onto fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO) glass. Both Pt and PEDOT are found to have sufficiently high catalytic activities for practical use as counter electrodes in DSSC. The reaction resistance on FTO and anatase confirmed the beneficial effect of a compact anatase layer on top of the FTO glass in lowering the tri-iodide reduction rate.
KW - Anatase
KW - Counter electrode
KW - Dye-sensitised solar cell
KW - Impedance
KW - Iodide/tri-iodide
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U2 - 10.1016/j.solmat.2005.04.040
DO - 10.1016/j.solmat.2005.04.040
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:28244435113
VL - 90
SP - 341
EP - 351
JO - Solar Cells
JF - Solar Cells
SN - 0927-0248
IS - 3
ER -