A simple modification of near-infrared photon-to-electron response with fluorescence resonance energy transfer for dye-sensitized solar cells

Liang Li; Yulin Yang; Ruiqing Fan; Yanxia Jiang; Liguo Wei; Yan Shi; Jia Yu; Shuo Chen; Ping Wang; Bin Yang; Wenwu Cao

doi:10.1016/j.jpowsour.2014.04.100

A simple modification of near-infrared photon-to-electron response with fluorescence resonance energy transfer for dye-sensitized solar cells

Liang Li
, Yulin Yang^*
, Ruiqing Fan
, Yanxia Jiang
, Liguo Wei
, Yan Shi
, Jia Yu
, Shuo Chen
, Ping Wang
, Bin Yang
, Wenwu Cao

^*Corresponding author for this work

School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering

Harbin Institute of Technology
Pennsylvania State University

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Abstract

Upconversion (UC) Er, Yb-YF₃ is introduced into dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSC) through a simple method to investigate the effect of UC particles in photoanode. The utilization of UC phosphor can significantly improve the photocurrent of the cells under both infrared irradiation and sunlight. Fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) and luminescence- mediated energy transfer between UC-YF₃ and N719 dye are explored as the main contribution that UC-YF₃ made to DSSC. With the multi-efforts of UC-YF₃, power conversion efficiency (PCE) of DSSC is improved from 5.18% to 6.22%. Besides, Electron transfer between UC-YF ₃ and TiO₂ is found after sintered at 450 °C, and the PCE value of DSSC is improved further (5.34% → 6.76%). In addition, we explore that UC-YF₃ can serve as a scattering material to increase the light absorption capability of the cells and increase the photocurrent of the cells under simulated sunlight irradiation.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	254-261
Number of pages	8
Journal	Journal of Power Sources
Volume	264
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2014.04.100
State	Published - 15 Oct 2014

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Dye-sensitized solar cells
Electron injection
Fluorescence resonance energy transfer
Upconversion

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