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Alternative bases to 4-tert-butylpyridine for dye-sensitized solar cells employing copper redox mediator

SYSNO ASEP	0488452
Druh ASEP	J - Článek v odborném periodiku
Zařazení RIV	J - Článek v odborném periodiku
Poddruh J	Článek ve WOS
Název	Alternative bases to 4-tert-butylpyridine for dye-sensitized solar cells employing copper redox mediator
Tvůrce(i)	Ferdowsi, P. (IR) Saygili, Y. (CH) Zakeeruddin, S. M. (CH) Mokhtari, J. (IR) Grätzel, M. (CH) Hagfeldt, A. (CH) Kavan, Ladislav (UFCH-W)_{RID, ORCID}
Zdroj.dok.	Electrochimica acta. - : Elsevier - ISSN 0013-4686 Roč. 265, MAR 1 (2018), s. 194-201
Poč.str.	8 s.
Jazyk dok.	eng - angličtina
Země vyd.	GB - Velká Británie
Klíč. slova	electrolytes ; efficient ; cathodes ; shuttle ; Dye-sensitized solar cells ; Copper(II/I) redox mediators ; Pyridine bases ; Electrochemical characterization
Vědní obor RIV	CG - Elektrochemie
Obor OECD	Electrochemistry (dry cells, batteries, fuel cells, corrosion metals, electrolysis)
CEP	GA13-07724S GA ČR - Grantová agentura ČR
Institucionální podpora	UFCH-W - RVO:61388955
UT WOS	000425751600023
EID SCOPUS	85041457942
DOI	10.1016/j.electacta.2018.01.142
Anotace	Novel facile synthetic protocol is developed to prepare electrochemically and optically clean Cu(tm-by)(2)TFSI and Cu(tmby)(2)TFSI2 in a mixture (tmby = 4,4,6,6-tetramethyl-2,2-bipyridine, TFSI = tri-fluoromethylsufonylimide). This pure Cu(II/I) redox mediator exhibits improved charge-transfer rate at the counterelectrode (PEDOT) and faster diffusion transport in the solution. Four pyridine derivatives: 4-tert-butylpyridine, 2,6-bis-tert-butylpyridine, 4-methoxypyridine and 4-(5-nonyl)pyridine are evaluated as electrolyte additives. Base-specific electrochemical properties of the redox mediator are found for Cu(tmby)(2)(2+)/(+), but not for Co(bpy)(3)(3+)/(2+) which is used as control system. Due to steric hindrance, 2,6-bis-ert-butylpyridine has the smallest influence on the mediator's electrochemistry, but is also ineffective for the V-OC enhancement through TiO2 conduction band upshift. Charge-transfer rates at PEDOT surface and diffusion resistances correlate with the basicity (pK(a)) of the used pyridine derivatives. The dye (Y123)-sensitized solar cells are evaluated by solar conversion performance in addition to electron lifetime, charge extraction and long-term stability tests. The optimization of pyridine bases for the Cu-mediated solar cells represents interplay of basicity and coordination ability. In turn, this allows for tuning of the charge transfer rate at counterelectrode and the mass transport in the electrolyte solution. The 4-(5-nonyl) pyridine is outperforming all the remaining bases in performance metrics of the corresponding solar cells. (c) 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Pracoviště	Ústav fyzikální chemie J.Heyrovského
Kontakt	Michaela Knapová, michaela.knapova@jh-inst.cas.cz, Tel.: 266 053 196
Rok sběru	2019

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