MOLESOL
All-carbon platforms for highly efficient molecular wire-coupled dye-sensitized solar cells
| Coordinatore | INTERUNIVERSITAIR MICRO-ELECTRONICA CENTRUM VZW
Organization address
address: Kapeldreef 75 contact info |
| Nazionalità Coordinatore | Belgium [BE] |
| Totale costo | 3˙585˙393 € |
| EC contributo | 2˙450˙375 € |
| Programma | FP7-ENERGY
Specific Programme "Cooperation": Energy |
| Code Call | FP7-ENERGY-2010-FET |
| Funding Scheme | CP |
| Anno di inizio | 2010 |
| Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) | 2010-10-01 - 2013-09-30 |
Partecipanti
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
INTERUNIVERSITAIR MICRO-ELECTRONICA CENTRUM VZW
Organization address
address: Kapeldreef 75 contact info |
BE (LEUVEN) | coordinator | 820˙322.00 |
| 2 |
Solarprint Limited
Organization address
address: "Ground Floor Silverstone House, Ballymoss Road, Sandyford" contact info |
IE (Dublin) | participant | 365˙459.00 |
| 3 |
LINKOPINGS UNIVERSITET
Organization address
address: CAMPUS VALLA contact info |
SE (LINKOPING) | participant | 352˙526.00 |
| 4 |
ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE
Organization address
address: BATIMENT CE 3316 STATION 1 contact info |
CH (LAUSANNE) | participant | 330˙005.00 |
| 5 |
MAX PLANCK GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN E.V.
Organization address
address: Hofgartenstrasse 8 contact info |
DE (MUENCHEN) | participant | 211˙094.00 |
| 6 |
DYESOL ITALIA SRL
Organization address
address: Viale Castro Pretorio 122 contact info |
IT (ROMA) | participant | 186˙421.00 |
| 7 |
"USTAV FYZIKALNI CHEMIE J. HEYROVSKEHO AV CR, v. v. i."
Organization address
address: Dolejskova 2155/3 contact info |
CZ (PRAHA 8) | participant | 184˙548.00 |
| 8 |
GREATCELL SOLAR SA
Organization address
address: CHEMIN DE LA PLANTAZ 59 contact info |
CH (LUTRY) | participant | 0.00 |
| 9 |
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE
Organization address
address: LOWER KENT RIDGE ROAD 21 contact info |
SG (SINGAPORE) | participant | 0.00 |
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Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)
'The proposed project comes with a visionary approach, aiming at development of highly efficient molecular-wire charge transfer platform to be used in a novel generation thin film dye-sensitized solar cells fabricated via organic chemistry routes. The proposed technology combines the assembled dye monolayer’s, linked with organic molecular wires to semiconducting thin film deposited on optically transparent substrates. Current organic photovoltaic (OPV) cell designs made a significant step towards low cost solar cells technology, however in order to be competitive with Si and CIGs technologies, OPVs have to demonstrate long term stability and power conversion efficiencies above 10% The highest reported power conversion efficiency for OPV device based on bulk heterojunction device with PCBM and low band gap conjugated polymers is today 6.4% but this system seems reaching its limit. Offsets in the energetics of these systems lead to large internal energy losses. The dye-sensitized solar cells (DSC) reach the efficiency above 11% but the problems with the stability of the electrolyte are the current bottleneck. The MOLESOL comes with a novel concept of hybrid device combining the advantages of both concepts (i.e. dye coupled with organic molecular wire to a conductive electrode). This concept will lead to stable cells with enhanced conversion efficiency based on: • Reduction of critical length for the charge collection generated in the dye monolayer by the inorganic bottom electrode, using short molecular wires compatible with exciton diffusion length. • Replacing current inorganic ITO/FTO (n-type) layer by novel transparent wide band p-type semiconductor with a possibility of engineering the surface workfunction and leading to perfect matching between HOMO of the dye layer and the valence band of semiconductors, allowing larger Voc.'
Introduzione (Teaser)
Solar cell technology is facing a bottleneck to widespread uptake related to price, stability and energy conversion efficiency. Scientists are combining benefits of two third-generation technologies to overcome hurdles.