title: Dye-sensitized solar cells incorporating a "liquid" hole-transporting material.
abstract: We present the first application of an amorphous "liquid" organic semiconductor in an optoelectronic device, demonstrating that it is highly suited for use as a hole-transporting material in nanostructured dye-sensitized solar cells. For such devices, we obtain power conversion efficiencies of up to 2.4% under simulated air mass 1.5 solar spectrum at 100 mWcm(-2), and incident photon-to-electron quantum efficiencies in excess of 50%.
authors.affiliation: Institut de Chimie Physique, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland. henry.snaith@epfl.ch
authors.forename: Henry J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Snaith
authors.forename: Shaik M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Zakeeruddin
authors.forename: Qing
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Péter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Péchy
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Grätzel
mesh_terms: D004396:Coloring Agents / Q000737:chemistry*; D004307:Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation; D011211:Electric Power Supplies; D004563:Electrochemistry / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D008027:Light; D008422:Materials Testing; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000528:radiation effects; D010777:Photochemistry / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D012666:Semiconductors; D012993:Solar Energy
chemical_list: D004396:Coloring Agents