Surface engineering of solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells

Anthony, RVE; Connell, A; Furnell, L; Kershaw, CP; Mezarojas, D; Jones, EW; Geatches, D; Metz, S; Sen, K; Holliman, PJ

Abstract

The way that molecules interact with interfaces play a key role in the manufacture and performance of solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells (ssDSC). In
order to maximise the performance of ssDSC, it is important to understand the interactions and to subsequently optimise them. The key interactions
within the process, are the wetting and subsequent dyeing of the TiO2 layer by immersion dyeing, ultra-fast pump dyeing or spin coating. During the
device making process, the dyes will arrange themselves in the configuration that results from lowest energy orientation, even if this is less favourable
in terms of device performance,1, 2, 3. This poster describes our current work on the effect of TiO2 thickness on dye loading and device performance.

• Presentation Conference Type: Poster
• Conference Name: 11th International Conference on Hybrid and Organic Photovoltaics
• Start Date: May 12, 2019
• End Date: May 15, 2019
• Publication Date: May 15, 2019
• Deposit Date: Apr 20, 2020
• Publicly Available Date: Apr 20, 2020
• Publisher URL: https://www.nanoge.org/proceedings/HOPV19/5c93b5e50afd5306159775f9
• Related Public URLs: https://www.nanoge.org/HOPV19/home
• Additional Information: Event Type : Conference; Funders : Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC); Projects : Surface Engineering Solid State Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells; Grant Number: EP/P030068/1