title: Tuning chemistry of CuSCN to enhance the performance of TiO2/N719/CuSCN all-solid-state dye-sensitized solar cell.
abstract: CuSCN with enhanced p-type conductivity was prepared by replacing some of the cuprous sites by triethylamine coordinated Cu(I) with concomitant (SCN)(2) doping to introduce more holes. A compound Cu(5)[(C(2)H(5))(3)N](3)(SCN)(11) was isolated and well characterized. A 41% enhancement of energy conversion efficiency of the TiO(2)/N719/modified CuSCN cell from the best reported value and more than a factor of ten from bare CuSCN was achieved.
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Science and Technology, Shizuoka University, 3-5-1 Johoku, Hamamatsu, Japan.
authors.forename: E V A
authors.initials: EV
authors.lastname: Premalal
authors.forename: G R R A
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Kumara
authors.forename: R M G
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Rajapakse
authors.forename: Masaru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shimomura
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Murakami
authors.forename: Akinori
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Konno