title: Efficient non-corrosive electron-transfer mediator mixtures for dye-sensitized solar cells.
abstract: The electrochemical and photoelectrochemical study of noncorrosive electron-transfer mediator mixtures for DSC is reported. These mixtures, characterized by the presence of kinetically fast organic or metal-organic redox couples in conjunction with a Co(II)/(III) relay, exhibited maximum photon-to-current conversion efficiencies (IPCE %) exceeding 80% when employed in the presence of a suitably designed MLCT sensitizer, rivaling with the performances of the classical I-/I3- electrolyte.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Chimica, Università di Ferrara, Via Luigi Borsari 46, 44100 Ferrara, Italy.
authors.forename: Silvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cazzanti
authors.forename: Stefano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Caramori
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Argazzi
authors.forename: C Michael
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Elliott
authors.forename: Carlo Alberto
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Bignozzi