Fabrication and photovoltaic characterization of bio-sensitized solar cells using myoglobin-based sensitizers

Chih Wei Chang; Chin Hao Chang; Hsueh Pei Lu; Tung Kung Wu; Eric Wei-Guang Diau

doi:10.1166/jnn.2009.SI05

Fabrication and photovoltaic characterization of bio-sensitized solar cells using myoglobin-based sensitizers

Chih Wei Chang, Chin Hao Chang, Hsueh Pei Lu, Tung Kung Wu, Eric Wei-Guang Diau

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Abstract

Myoglobin (Mb), reconstituted zinc protoporphyrin-apomyoglobin (ZnMb), and eosin-modified ZnMb (EoZnMb) were used as photosensitizers to functionalize TiO ₂ nanocrystalline films for bio-sensitized solar-cell (BSSC) applications. For the Mb-sensitized SC, the poor cell performance was due to a reduction Fe(lll) - Fe(ll) that produces a photocurrent density of the device smaller than its unsensitized counterpart. The efficiencies of power conversion of both ZnMb and EoZnMb-sensitized SC were enhanced about ten times due to superior charge separation between TiO ₂ and the protein, and due to smaller current leakage between TiO2 and the electrolyte. The cell performances of the BSSC devices are discussed in terms of an equivalent-circuit model.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1688-1695
Number of pages	8
Journal	Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
Volume	9
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1166/jnn.2009.SI05
Publication status	Published - 2009 Mar 1

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Chang, C. W., Chang, C. H., Lu, H. P., Wu, T. K., & Wei-Guang Diau, E. (2009). Fabrication and photovoltaic characterization of bio-sensitized solar cells using myoglobin-based sensitizers. Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 9(3), 1688-1695. https://doi.org/10.1166/jnn.2009.SI05

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