Abstract

Dye-sensitized solar cells are at present based on a nanostructured interpenetrating network of dye and semiconductor, which overcomes the prerequisite of a long exciton diffusion length; however, this also hampers charge-carrier transport. This work demonstrates that efficient light-induced charge separation is not necessarily only obtained in the case of a nanostructured network, but can also be achieved in a bilayer configuration (see figure). Supporting information for this article is available on the WWW under http://www.wiley-vch.de/contents/jc_2089/2006/c0045_s.pdf or from the author. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.

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Materials sciencePorphyrinExcitonCharge (physics)SemiconductorBilayerDiffusionCharge carrierNanotechnologyOptoelectronicsMembranePhotochemistryPhysicsChemistryCondensed matter physics

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2006
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article
Volume
18
Issue
17
Pages
2234-2239
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45
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Annemarie Huijser, Tom J. Savenije, A. Kotlewski et al. (2006). Efficient Light‐Harvesting Layers of Homeotropically Aligned Porphyrin Derivatives. Advanced Materials , 18 (17) , 2234-2239. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.200600045

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10.1002/adma.200600045