Solid state p-type mesoporous solar cells

Instead of liquid redox couple, electron conductor materials have been adopted to undertake electron transfer between photocathode and counter electrode in photosensitizer-sensitized mesoporous semiconductor solar cells. Molecular dyes, perovskite as well as quantum dots have been used as photosensitizer in this study. Different electron transport materials have also been employed to improve the energy conversion efficiency.

Relevant publications

1. Tian, H., Xu, B., Chen, H., Johansson, E. M. J. and Boschloo, G., Solid-State Perovskite-Sensitized p-Type Mesoporous Nickel Oxide Solar Cells. ChemSusChem, 2014 7: 2150.
2. Zhang, L., Boschloo, G., Hammarström, L., Tian, H., Solid state p-type dye-sensitized solar cells: concept, experiment and mechanism. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2016,18, 5080-5085
3. Tian L., Föhlinger J., et al., Ultrafast dye regeneration in a core–shell NiO–dye–TiO2 mesoporous film. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2018, 20, 36-40.
4. Tian L., Föhlinger J., et al., Solid State p-Type Dye Sensitized NiO-dye-TiO2 Core-Shell Solar Cells. Chem. Commun. 2018, 54, 3739-3742
5. Xu B., Tian L., et al. Solution-processed nanoporous NiO-dye-ZnO photocathodes: Toward efficient and stable solid-state p-type dye-sensitized solar cells and dye-sensitized photoelectrosynthesis cells. Nano Energy 2019, 55, 59-64