Improvement of Thiolate/Disulfide Mediated Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells through Supramolecular Lithium Cation Assembling of Crown Ether
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A supramolecular lithium cation assemblies of crown ether, [Li 12-crown-4](+), has been used to replace conventional tetraalkylammonium counterion in thiolate/disulfide (ET(-)/BET) mediated dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs), which exhibit high stability and efficiency of 6.61% under 100 mW·cm(-2) simulated sunlight illumination.
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