TY - JOUR
T1 - Towards an all-polymer cathode for dye sensitized photovoltaic cells
AU - Sirimanne, P. M.
AU - Winther Jensen, Bjorn
AU - Weerasinghe, H. C.
AU - Cheng, Yi Bing
PY - 2010/3/1
Y1 - 2010/3/1
N2 - Highly conducting conjugated polymer composite was deposited by vapour phase polymerization. Poly[3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene:para-toluenesulfonate] (PEDOT:PTS) itself was used as the counter electrode in a dye sensitized solar cell. The maximum photocurrent of 9.7 mA/cm2, open circuit voltage of 759 mV, fill factor of 0.71 with a power conversion efficiency of 5.25% were observed for glass based wet type dye sensitized solar cell, under illumination of 100 mW/cm2. It was observed that the resistance, during operation of the dye sensitized solar cells, due to the I3
- conversion was less with PEDOT:PTS coated cathodes than with standard platinum coated fluorine doped tin oxide and was confirmed by steady state electrochemical measurements.
AB - Highly conducting conjugated polymer composite was deposited by vapour phase polymerization. Poly[3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene:para-toluenesulfonate] (PEDOT:PTS) itself was used as the counter electrode in a dye sensitized solar cell. The maximum photocurrent of 9.7 mA/cm2, open circuit voltage of 759 mV, fill factor of 0.71 with a power conversion efficiency of 5.25% were observed for glass based wet type dye sensitized solar cell, under illumination of 100 mW/cm2. It was observed that the resistance, during operation of the dye sensitized solar cells, due to the I3
- conversion was less with PEDOT:PTS coated cathodes than with standard platinum coated fluorine doped tin oxide and was confirmed by steady state electrochemical measurements.
KW - Conjugated polymer composites
KW - Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene:para-toluenesulfonate
KW - Power conversion efficiency
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U2 - 10.1016/j.tsf.2009.09.114
DO - 10.1016/j.tsf.2009.09.114
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:76149113290
VL - 518
SP - 2871
EP - 2875
JO - Thin Solid Films
JF - Thin Solid Films
SN - 0040-6090
IS - 10
ER -