Abstract
Ruthenocycle bis(4,4′-dicarboxy-2,2′-bipyridine)(2-phenylpyridine-2C,N)ruthenium(II) hexafluorophosphate was used as a sensitizer in a dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) based on nanocrystalline TiO2, which was applied onto a conducting substrate. Its electrochemical and spectral characteristics were studied. It was found that, when the DSSC was illuminated with visible light of power 35 mW/cm2, the short-circuit current density was 11.6 mA cm−2 and the open-circuit voltage was 0.49 V. The efficiency (η) of DSSC at a fill factor of 45% was 7.1%. Using the method of modulation spectroscopy of photocurrents and photopotentials, the life time and transit time of electrons were found to be 7 and 5 ms, respectively, and the diffusion coefficient of electrons was found to be 10−5 cm2 s−1. Comparing the life and transit times of electron, it was concluded that the photogenerated electrons had time to reach the conducting substrate during their life time.
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