Journal article

Publication year: 1997

Pages: 1172-1178

Journal: Journal of Applied Electrochemistry

Volume number: 27

Issue number: 10

ISSN: 0021-891X

eISSN: 1572-8838

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1018467516812

Publisher: Springer

Abstract: 
As a direct comparison to all-solid state photovoltaic cells, photoelectrochemical cells consisting of n-type N,N'-dimethyl-3,4,9,10-perylenetetracarboxylic acid diimide (MePTCDI) and p-type phthalocyaninatozinc(II) (PcZn) thin film electrodes vapour-deposited onto ITO have been investigated in aqueous ferri/ferrocyanide, p-benzoquinone/hydroquinone or I3-/I- electrolytes. The ferri/ferrocyanide cell has been studied in more detail, and the results are discussed with regard to the HOMO-, LUMO-and Fermi-energies of the materials used. A setup of the electrodes in a tandem cell could increase the efficiency of the cell due to improved light harvesting. Saturation of the photocurrent with increasing ferri/ferrocyanide electrolyte concentration at single PcZn or MePTCDI electrodes is discussed using a model of reactant adsorption prior to the charge transfer step. In addition, a decrease observed for the open-circuit voltage of the entire cell with increasing ferri/ferrocyanide concentration leads to an optimum concentration of 10(-3) mol dm(-3).

Harvard Citation style: Oekermann, T., Schlettwein, D. and Wöhrle, D. (1997) Characterization of N,N'-dimethyl-3,4,9,10-perylenetetracarboxylic acid diimide and phthalocyaninatozinc(II) in electrochemical photovoltaic cells, Journal of Applied Electrochemistry, 27(10), pp. 1172-1178. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1018467516812

APA Citation style: Oekermann, T., Schlettwein, D., & Wöhrle, D. (1997). Characterization of N,N'-dimethyl-3,4,9,10-perylenetetracarboxylic acid diimide and phthalocyaninatozinc(II) in electrochemical photovoltaic cells. Journal of Applied Electrochemistry. 27(10), 1172-1178. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1018467516812