title: A swift dye uptake procedure for dye sensitized solar cells.
abstract: Solar cells based on swift self-assembled sensitizer bis(tetrabutylammonium)-cis-di(thiocyanato)-N,N'-bis(4-carboxylato-4'-carboxylic acid-2,2'-bipyridine)ruthenium(II) (N719) on double layers of 12 + 4 microm thick nanocrystalline TiO2 films exhibit the incident monochromatic photon-to-current conversion efficiency (IPCE) 90% and show a short circuit current density of 17 mA cm(-2), 750 mV open circuit potential and 0.72 fill factor yielding power conversion efficiencies over 9.18% under AM 1.5 sun. For the first time highest power conversion efficiencies are obtained for dye sensitized solar cells using a swift self-assembled procedure.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory for Photonics and Interfaces, Institute of Molecular and Biological Chemistry, School of basic Sciences, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland. MdKhaja.Nazeeruddin@epfl.ch
authors.forename: Md K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Nazeeruddin
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Splivallo
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Liska
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Comte
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Grätzel