Nanostructured Semiconductor Materials for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

Table 6

Parameters of the p-DSC differing for the nature of the nanostructured photocathodes and dye-sensitizers (Figure 9). The redox shuttles here considered are alternatives to the reference couple here considered for comparative purposes.

Cathode	Sensitizer	Redox couple		/mV	/mA		Ref.
NiO-SP	PMI-6TTPA	[Fe(acac)3]^0/1−	2.51	645	−7.65	51.0	[384]
NiO-SP	PMI-6TTPA	[Co(en)3]^3+/2+	1.20	724	−4.11	40.0	[384]
NiO-SP	PMI-6TTPA		0.60	243	−6.26	39.0	[384]
NiO sol-gel	PMI-6TTPA	Thiolate/disulfide	0.51	285	−5.30	34.0	[399]
NiO-SP^1	PMI-6TTPA	[Co(en)3]^3+/2+	1.30	709	−4.44	42.0	[385]
NiO-SP^2	PMI-6TTPA	[Co(en)3]^3+/2+	1.30	660	−4.35	46.0	[385]
	P1	Thiolate/disulfide	0.17	309	−1.43	38.0	[400]
	P1	Thiolate/disulfide	0.17	240	−1.89	36.0	[400]
	P1	Thiolate/disulfide	0.22	293	−1.71	43.0	[400]
	P1	Thiolate/disulfide	0.23	304	−1.73	44.0	[400]
NiO-SP	P1	[Co(dtbpy)3]^3+/2+	0.099	280	−1.18	30.0	[401]
NiO-SP	E1	[Co(dtbpy)3]^3+/2+	0.130	320	−0.93	44.0	[401]
NiO-SP	E2	[Co(dtbpy)3]^3+/2+	0.102	320	−0.78	41.0	[401]
NiO tmpl^7	T3		0.180	144	−4.06	30.8	[402]
NiO tmpl	T3H		0.226	133	−5.56	30.5	[402]
NiO tmpl	T4		0.207	152	−3.94	34.5	[402]
NiO tmpl	T4H		0.317	152	−6.73	31.0	[402]
NiO np^8	PMI-6TTPA		0.45	226	−5.40	36.0	[403]
NiO np	PMI-6TTPA	[Co(en)3]^3+/2+	1.00	640	−3.72	42.0	[403]
CuCrO2	PMI-6TTPA		0.23	268	−1.98	44.0	[403]
CuCrO2	PMI-6TTPA	[Co(en)3]^3+/2+	0.48	734	−1.23	53.0	[403]
NiO db^9	CW1		0.114	99	−2.66	35.0	[404]
NiO db	CW2		0.160	93	−4.05	34.0	[404]
NiO db	P1		0.143	93	−4.67	33.0	[404]
NiO	BH2		0.13	97	−4.3	31.0	[405]
NiO	BH4		0.28	128	−7.4	30.0	[405]
NiO	BH6		0.13	95	−4.4	31.0	[405]
NiO db	QT1		0.33	120	−8.2	34.0	[406]
NiO db	QT1	Co^3+/2+	0.50	226	−6.5	34.0	[406]
CuCrO2	P1	Thiolate/disulfide	0.17	309	−1.43	38.0	[407]
CuCrO2/Au	P1	Thiolate/disulfide	0.31	305	−2.68	38.0	[407]
NiO cl+mp^10	P1	PCBM	—	620	−0.05	—	[408]
NiO-SP	DPP-1	[Co(dtbbpy)3]^3+/2+	0.205	330	−2.06	30.0	[240]
NiO-SP	DPP-2	[Co(dtbbpy)3]^3+/2+	0.21	370	−1.95	29.0	[240]
NiO-SP	DPP-NDI	[Co(dtbbpy)3]^3+/2+	0.13	292	−1.56	29.0	[240]

SP: screen printed; 1: 0.1 M LiTFSI; 2: 0.5 M LiTFSI; 3: 1.8 m thick; 4: 3 m thick; 5: PEDOT counter electrode; 6: CoS counter electrode; 7: tmpl, template [93]; 8: np, nanoparticles; 9: db, doctor blade; 10: cl+mp, mesoporous layer over a compact layer.