The TiO2/Dye/Electrolyte-Interface in the Dye Sensitized Solar Cell

Konrad Schwanitz

ISBN 10: 383810742X / ISBN 13: 9783838107424

Published by Südwestdeutscher Verlag Für Hochschulschriften Jun 2009, 2009

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This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -In this work it has been attempted for the first time to investigate the complete working electrode (half cell interface: TiO2/dye/electrolyte) of the Dye Sensitized Solar Cell (DSSC) by means of photoelectron spectroscopy. The scope of this work is to investigate the interfacial interactions between the adsorbates and the TiO2 substrate, rather than bulk processes within the substrate or electrolyte. Since the coverage of the dye onto the TiO2 substrate amounts only up to one monolayer, a highly surface sensitive method, as Synchrotron Induced Photoelectron Spectroscopy (SXPS), has been applied to investigate the topological, chemical and especially the electronic interactions within the working electrode interface.VDM Verlag, Dudweiler Landstraße 99, 66123 Saarbrücken 188 pp. Deutsch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The TiO2/Dye/Electrolyte-Interface in the Dye Sensitized Solar Cell
• Publisher: Südwestdeutscher Verlag Für Hochschulschriften Jun 2009
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 383810742X
• ISBN 13: 9783838107424
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 220W x 150H x 12D millimeters 220 millimeters width by 150 millimeters height by 12 millimeters depth
• Weight: 298 grams

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Synopsis

In this work it has been attempted for the first time to investigate the complete working electrode (half cell interface: TiO2/dye/electrolyte) of the Dye Sensitized Solar Cell (DSSC) by means of photoelectron spectroscopy. The scope of this work is to investigate the interfacial interactions between the adsorbates and the TiO2 substrate, rather than bulk processes within the substrate or electrolyte. Since the coverage of the dye onto the TiO2 substrate amounts only up to one monolayer, a highly surface sensitive method, as Synchrotron Induced Photoelectron Spectroscopy (SXPS), has been applied to investigate the topological, chemical and especially the electronic interactions within the working electrode interface.

About the Author

Konrad Schwanitz studied Mineralogy at the Philipps-University inMarburg, and Materials Science at the Pennsylvania StateUniversity and the University of Technology in Darmstadt. Thisdissertation has been accomplished in the Surface ScienceDivision in the Department of Materials Science of the Universityof Technology in Darmstadt.