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dc.contributor.advisor | Xu, Gu | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | DENG, LULU | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-06-18T16:57:47Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2014-06-18T16:57:47Z | - |
dc.date.created | 2012-04-17 | en_US |
dc.date.issued | 2012-04 | en_US |
dc.identifier.other | opendissertations/6905 | en_US |
dc.identifier.other | 7943 | en_US |
dc.identifier.other | 2773834 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11375/11981 | - |
dc.description.abstract | <p>Dye-sensitized Solar Cells (DSSCs) with liquid electrolyte lack long term stability because of volatility of the electrolyte and assembly problems. Replacement of the volatile liquid-state electrolyte with solid-state hole conductor thus becomes necessary. A small molecule based hole conductor, Copper Phthalocyanine (CuPc), is proposed here to replace the liquid electrolyte, for its intrinsic thermal and chemical stabilities. However, a lower short circuit current was found in the CuPc solid state device from I-V curve, which is closely related to the inefficient hole transport in the CuPc thin film. Therefore, Two-Dimensional Grazing Incidence X-ray Diffraction (2D GIXRD) is utilized to study the phase and texture of CuPc thin film. It is found that the CuPc thin film has a cystallinity of greater than 80%, which is good for hole conducting. However, the <em>β</em>-phase formation lowers the overall hole conductivity. The hole conductivity of <em>β</em>-phase CuPc is two orders of magnitude smaller than that of <em>α</em>-phase CuPc, due to a less overlap in the <em>π-π</em> stacking. As a result, the low hole conductivity of <em>β</em>-phase CuPc is the reason that leads to an inefficient hole transport and reduces the short-circuit current of the solid-state DSSC. Therefore, future work will be necessary to isolate <em>α</em>-phase CuPc, in order to be successfully applied into the solid-state DSSCs.</p> | en_US |
dc.subject | Dye-sensitized Solar Cells | en_US |
dc.subject | Polymer and Organic Materials | en_US |
dc.subject | Semiconductor and Optical Materials | en_US |
dc.subject | Polymer and Organic Materials | en_US |
dc.title | DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS WITH A SOLID HOLE CONDUCTOR | en_US |
dc.type | thesis | en_US |
dc.contributor.department | Materials Science and Engineering | en_US |
dc.description.degree | Master of Science (MSc) | en_US |
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