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Photoelectropolymerization of aniline in a dye-sensitized solar cell

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A dye-sensitized solar cell was constructed using a porphyrin photosensitizer and, in place of the usual iodide redox system, a solution in aniline solvent containing lithium perchlorate electrolyte, camphorsulfonic acid, and poly(ethylene oxide) copolymer. Irradiation generated polyaniline within the cell, initially following a proposed photoelectropolymerization mechanism, and eventually operating as a solar cell with polyaniline as the hole transport medium. Overall energy conversion efficiency was 0.8% at moderate light intensities (14.6 mW cm−2) but lower at higher light intensities due to conductivity limitations.

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    Hooi-Sung Kim & Carl C. Wamser

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This paper was published as part of the special issue in honour of the late Professor George S. Hammond.

Electronic supplementary information (ESI) available: Tables of photovoltaic performance versus various cell components, mass spectral data, action spectrum. See DOI: 10.1039/b610810e

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Kim, HS., Wamser, C.C. Photoelectropolymerization of aniline in a dye-sensitized solar cell. Photochem Photobiol Sci 5, 955–960 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1039/b610810e

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