Eco-Friendly Aqueous Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell with a Copper(I/II) Electrolyte System: Efficient Performance under Ambient Light Conditions

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dc.contributor.authorJilakian, Meghry
dc.contributor.authorGhaddar, Tarek H.
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Chemistry
dc.contributor.facultyFaculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS)
dc.contributor.institutionAmerican University of Beirut
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-24T11:22:25Z
dc.date.available2025-01-24T11:22:25Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractOrganic solvents used in electrolytes of dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs) are generally toxic and not environmentally safe, which renders their use, especially in indoor solar modules, difficult. In this paper, an eco-friendly DSC is presented based on an aqueous electrolyte system where the redox couple is composed of a water-soluble polypyridyl copper complex, [Cu(I)(dc-dmbpy)2Cl/Cu(II)(dc-dmbpy)2Cl2, dc-dmbpy = 6,6′-dimethyl-2,2′-bipyridine-4,4′-dicarboxylate]. Good photo-conversion efficiencies (PCE % ∼ 7%) have been attained with this water-soluble redox couple under ambient light conditions when coupled with a ruthenium-based dye, C106. This is the first time such a copper complex is in an aqueous DSC and eventually lays a foundation for the further development of eco-friendly water-based DSCs. © 2022 The Authors. Published by American Chemical Society
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.1c02789
dc.identifier.eid2-s2.0-85123914652
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10938/25506
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherAmerican Chemical Society
dc.relation.ispartofACS Applied Energy Materials
dc.sourceScopus
dc.subjectAmbient light
dc.subjectAqueous electrolyte
dc.subjectCopper electrolyte
dc.subjectDye-sensitized solar cell
dc.subjectEco-friendly
dc.subjectCarboxylation
dc.subjectCopper compounds
dc.subjectElectrolytes
dc.subjectEnvironmental protection
dc.subjectAqueous dye
dc.subjectCell-be
dc.subjectCell/b.e
dc.subjectCell/be
dc.subjectCopper electrolytes
dc.subjectDye- sensitized solar cells
dc.subjectLight conditions
dc.subjectDye-sensitized solar cells
dc.titleEco-Friendly Aqueous Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell with a Copper(I/II) Electrolyte System: Efficient Performance under Ambient Light Conditions
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