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Efficient Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Based on Hydroquinone/Benzoquinone as a Bioinspired Redox Couple†

  1. Dr. Ming Cheng1,
  2. Prof. Xichuan Yang1,*,
  3. Dr. Fuguo Zhang1,
  4. Dr. Jianghua Zhao1,
  5. Prof. Licheng Sun1,2,*

Article first published online: 5 SEP 2012

DOI: 10.1002/anie.201205529

Issue

Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Volume 51, Issue 39, pages 9896–9899, September 24, 2012

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Cheng, M., Yang, X., Zhang, F., Zhao, J. and Sun, L. (2012), Efficient Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Based on Hydroquinone/Benzoquinone as a Bioinspired Redox Couple . Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 51: 9896–9899. doi: 10.1002/anie.201205529

Author Information

  1. 1

    State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, DUT-KTH Joint Education and Research Centre on Molecular Devices, Dalian University of Technology (DUT), 2 Linggong Rd., 116024 Dalian (China)

  2. 2

    School of Chemical Science and Engineering, Center of Molecular Devices, Department of Chemistry, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Teknikringen 30, 10044 Stockholm (Sweden)

*State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, DUT-KTH Joint Education and Research Centre on Molecular Devices, Dalian University of Technology (DUT), 2 Linggong Rd., 116024 Dalian (China)

  1. †

    We gratefully acknowledge the financial support of this work from the China Natural Science Foundation (grant 21076039, grant 20120102036), the National Basic Research Program of China (grant 2009CB220009), the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) (grant 2001CCA02500), the Swedish Energy Agency, K&A Wallenberg Foundation, the State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals (KF0805), and the Program for Innovative Research Team of Liaoning Province (grant LS2010042).

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 19 SEP 2012
  2. Article first published online: 5 SEP 2012
  3. Manuscript Received: 13 JUL 2012

Funded by

  • China Natural Science Foundation. Grant Numbers: 21076039, 20120102036
  • National Basic Research Program of China. Grant Number: 2009CB220009
  • Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST). Grant Number: 2001CCA02500
  • Swedish Energy Agency
  • K&A Wallenberg Foundation
  • State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals. Grant Number: KF0805
  • Program for Innovative Research Team of Liaoning Province. Grant Number: LS2010042

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Keywords:

  • benzoquinone;
  • dye-sensitized solar cells;
  • hybrid electrolytes;
  • hydroquinone;
  • redox couples
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A hybrid electrolyte involving tetramethylammonium (TMA) hydroquinone/benzoquinone redox couple is formulated. This electrolyte is more transparent than the traditional I−/I3− electrolyte and has negligible absorption in the visible region. Dye-sensitized solar cells using the hybrid electrolyte show higher light-to-electricity conversion efficiency. FTO=fluorine-doped tin oxide.

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