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Development of scanning electrochemical microscopy (SECM) techniques for the optimization of dye sensitized solar cells

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posted on 2017-06-16, 13:01 authored by Colin J. Martin, Biljana Bozic-Weber, Edwin C. Constable, Thilo Glatzel, Catherine E. Housecroft, Iain Wright
Methods for high-throughput validation of cell components for use in dye sensitized solar cells (DSCs) are needed as the global production of such cells becomes widespread. We have carried out preliminary investigations into the use of scanning electrochemical microscopy (SECM) for high-throughput screening of materials. By coupling the technique of SECM with a light source, we have examined the surface charge of non-earthed pseudo-DSCs under variable light conditions and screened substrates by varying the working electrode potential. By studying the surface currents in a series of tests in which one or more component of a DSC were varied, the effect of TiO2, dye and iodide/triiodide electrolyte on the surface characteristics have been examined. © 2013 Elsevier Ltd.

Funding

We thank the European Research Council (Advanced Grant 267816 LiLo), the Swiss National Science Foundation, the Nano Argovia programme of the Swiss Nanonscience Institute. and the University of Basel for financial support

History

School

  • Science

Department

  • Chemistry

Published in

Electrochimica Acta

Volume

119

Pages

86 - 91

Citation

MARTIN, C.J. ...et al., 2014. Development of scanning electrochemical microscopy (SECM) techniques for the optimization of dye sensitized solar cells. Electrochimica Acta, 119, pp. 86-91.

Publisher

© Elsevier

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  • VoR (Version of Record)

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This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

Publication date

2014

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ISSN

0013-4686

Language

  • en