Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2013, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (2): 418.doi: 10.7503/cjcu20120159

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Zinc-doping Effects on the Trap State Distribution and Charge Recombination in the Anode of TiO2 Dye-sensitized Solar Cells

ZHANG Pan-Pan1, ZHU Feng2, AI Xi-Cheng1, FU Li-Min1, XU Dong-Sheng2, ZHANG Jian-Ping2   

  1. 1. Department of Chemistry, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, China;
    2. College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
  • Received:2012-02-28 Online:2013-02-10 Published:2013-01-21

Abstract:

By measuring the photo-voltage and photo-current transients, the charge recombination and transporting dynamics in a series of zinc-doped titania based dye-sensitized solar cells(DSCs) were investigated. Based on the electron recombination and charge collection time constants, zinc-doping effects to the conduction band levels and the trap state distribution of anode were found. The results show that the zinc-doping enhanced the open-circuit voltage of DSCs by raising the conduction band levels and elongating the electron recombination time constants.

Key words: Doping, Trap state distribution, Charge transport, Charge recombination, Dye-sensitized solar cells

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