title: Enhanced Electron Lifetimes in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Using a Dichromophoric Porphyrin: The Utility of Intermolecular Forces.
abstract: Electron lifetimes in dye-sensitized solar cells employing a porphyrin dye, an organic dye, a 1:1 mixture of the two dyes, and a dichromophoric dye design consisting of the two dyes using a nonconjugated linker were measured, suggesting that the dispersion force of the organic dyes has a significant detrimental effect on the electron lifetime and that the dichromophoric design can be utilized to control the effect of the dispersion force.
authors.affiliation: ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science, Intelligent Polymer Research Institute, University of Wollongong , Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia.
authors.forename: Long
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.affiliation: ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science, Intelligent Polymer Research Institute, University of Wollongong , Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia.
authors.forename: Pawel
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wagner
authors.affiliation: MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, Department of Chemistry, University of Otago , Dunedin 9016, New Zealand.
authors.forename: Holly
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: van der Salm
authors.affiliation: MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, Department of Chemistry, University of Otago , Dunedin 9016, New Zealand.
authors.forename: Keith C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Gordon
authors.affiliation: Division of Chemistry and Materials, Faculty of Textile Science and Technology, Shinshu University , Ueda, Nagano 386-8567, Japan.
authors.forename: Shogo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mori
authors.affiliation: ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science, Intelligent Polymer Research Institute, University of Wollongong , Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia.
authors.forename: Attila J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Mozer
keywords: dye-sensitized solar cell; electron lifetime; intermolecular force; organic dye; porphyrin