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This article describes a comparison between the photophysical properties of two charge-transfer dyes adsorbed onto NiO via two different binding moieties. Transient spectroscopy measurements suggest that the structure of the anchoring group affects both the rate of charge recombination between the dye and NiO surface and the rate of dye regeneration by an iodide/triiodide redox couple. This is consistent with the performance of the dyes in p-type dye sensitised solar cells. A key finding was that the recombination rate differed in the presence of the redox couple. These results have important implications on the study of electron transfer at dye|semiconductor interfaces for solar energy applications.
Author(s): Black FA, Wood CJ, Ngwerume S, Summers GS, Clark IP, Towrie M, Camp JE, Gibson EA
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Faraday Discussions
Year: 2017
Volume: 198
Pages: 449-461
Print publication date: 01/06/2017
Online publication date: 04/01/2017
Acceptance date: 04/01/2017
Date deposited: 05/01/2017
ISSN (print): 1359-6640
ISSN (electronic): 1364-5498
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C6FD00228E
DOI: 10.1039/C6FD00228E
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