Thiocyanate ligands as crucial elements for regeneration and photo-degradation in TiO2|dye|CuI solar cells

Autor:	H Tributsch, Prasad Manjusr Sirimanne
Rok vydání:	2006
Předmět:	Thiocyanate Chemistry Crystal growth engineering.material Condensed Matter Physics Photochemistry Reversible reaction chemistry.chemical_compound Electron transfer Coating engineering Molecule Degradation (geology) General Materials Science Photodegradation
Zdroj:	Materials Chemistry and Physics. 99:5-9
ISSN:	0254-0584
DOI:	10.1016/j.matchemphys.2005.05.049
Popis:	Size control of CuI grains and thus better-matched interfaces were observed in the presence of crystal growth inhibitors in the CuI coating solution for TiO2|dye|CuI solar cells. Evidence is given that these growth inhibitor molecules simultaneously act as an electron transfer mediator between the CuI and dye molecules via thiocyanate bridges. A reverse reaction of injected electrons from TiO2 nanoparticles electrochemically inactivates the thiocyanate electron transfer bridge in the illuminated cells causing photo-degradation.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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