Improved performance induced by in situ ligand exchange reactions of copper bipyridyl redox couples in dye-sensitized solar cells

Wang, Yujue; Hamann, Thomas W.

doi:10.1039/C8CC07191H

Title: Improved performance induced by in situ ligand exchange reactions of copper bipyridyl redox couples in dye-sensitized solar cells

Abstract

A reversible ligand exchange of the Cu( ii ) redox shuttle is shown to reduce recombination, leading to excellent performance in DSSCs.

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Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA

Publication Date:: Tue Oct 30 00:00:00 EDT 2018

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

OSTI Identifier:: 1477807

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0017342

Resource Type:: Publisher's Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: ChemComm

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Name: ChemComm Journal Volume: 54 Journal Issue: 87; Journal ID: ISSN 1359-7345

Publisher:: Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

Country of Publication:: United Kingdom

Language:: English

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                    Wang, Yujue, and Hamann, Thomas W. Improved performance induced by in situ ligand exchange reactions of copper bipyridyl redox couples in dye-sensitized solar cells.  United Kingdom: N. p., 2018. 
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                    Wang, Yujue, & Hamann, Thomas W. Improved performance induced by in situ ligand exchange reactions of copper bipyridyl redox couples in dye-sensitized solar cells.  United Kingdom.  https://doi.org/10.1039/C8CC07191H

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@article{osti_1477807,

  title        = {Improved performance induced by in situ ligand exchange reactions of copper bipyridyl redox couples in dye-sensitized solar cells},

  author       = {Wang, Yujue and Hamann, Thomas W.},

  abstractNote = {A reversible ligand exchange of the Cu( ii ) redox shuttle is shown to reduce recombination, leading to excellent performance in DSSCs.},

  doi          = {10.1039/C8CC07191H},

  journal      = {ChemComm},

  number       = 87,

  volume       = 54,

  place        = {United Kingdom},

  year         = {Tue Oct 30 00:00:00 EDT 2018},

  month        = {Tue Oct 30 00:00:00 EDT 2018}

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