Issue 41, 2014
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Role of lithium and co-existing cations in electrolyte to improve performance of dye-sensitized solar cells†

Soichiro Taya,a   Shota Kuwahara,*a   Qing Shen,bc   Taro Toyodabc  and  Kenji Katayama*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Applied Chemistry, Chuo University, 1-13-27, Kasuga, Bunkyo, Tokyo 112-8551, Japan
E-mail: kkata@kc.chuo-u.ac.jp
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b Department of Engineering Science, The University of Electro-Communications, 1-5-1 Chofugaoka, Chofu, Tokyo 182-8585, Japan

c CREST, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), 4-1-8 Honcho Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan

Abstract

The performance of dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) with an electrolyte including mixed cations was evaluated, and the relevant carrier dynamics were investigated by the heterodyne transient grating method. The performance of the DSSCs showed maximum conversion efficiency for an Li+ cation ratio of 75% with 25% other cations.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C4RA02309A
Article type
Communication
Submitted
17 Mar 2014
Accepted
06 May 2014
First published
07 May 2014
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

RSC Adv., 2014,4, 21517-21520

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S. Taya, S. Kuwahara, Q. Shen, T. Toyoda and K. Katayama, RSC Adv., 2014, 4, 21517 DOI: 10.1039/C4RA02309A

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