title: Fabrication of a high-performance dye-sensitized solar cell with 12.8% conversion efficiency using organic silyl-anchor dyes.
abstract: The co-sensitization of organic silyl-anchor dyes in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) using carbazole and coumarin dyes with organosilicon tethers for binding to titanium dioxide has been examined. We have succeeded in fabricating a high-performance DSSC with a light-to-electric energy conversion efficiency of 12.8% under one sun simulated solar irradiation.
authors.affiliation: Environmental & Energy Materials Laboratory, ADEKA CORPORATION, 7-2-35 Higashiogu, Arakawa, Tokyo 116-8554, Japan. yanotoru@adeka.co.jp.
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kakiage
authors.forename: Yohei
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Aoyama
authors.forename: Toru
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yano
authors.forename: Keiji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Oya
authors.forename: Toru
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kyomen
authors.forename: Minoru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hanaya