Dye-sensitized solar cell based on a three-dimensional photonic crystal

Stefan Guldin; Sven Hüttner; Matthias Kolle; Mark E. Welland; Peter Müller-Buschbaum; Richard H. Friend; Ullrich Steiner; Nicolas Tétreault

doi:10.1021/nl904017t

Dye-sensitized solar cell based on a three-dimensional photonic crystal

Stefan Guldin, Sven Hüttner, Matthias Kolle, Mark E. Welland, Peter Müller-Buschbaum, Richard H. Friend, Ullrich Steiner, Nicolas Tétreault

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Abstract

We present a material assembly route for the manufacture of dye-sensitized solar cells, coupling a high-surface mesoporous layer to a three-dimensional photonic crystal (PC). Material synthesis aided by self-assembly on two length scales provided electrical and pore connectivity at the mesoporous and the microporous level. This construct allows effective dye sensitization, electrolyte infiltration, and charge collection from both the mesoporous and the PC layers, opening up additional parameter space for effective light management by harvesting PC-induced resonances.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2303-2309
Number of pages	7
Journal	Nano Letters
Volume	10
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/nl904017t
State	Published - 14 Jul 2010

Keywords

Dye-sensitized solar cell
Photonic crystal
Photovoltaics
Self-assembly

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