Electrochimica Acta, Vol.297, 660-668, 2019
Photoelectric engineering of bifacial dye-sensitized solar cells beyond sunny days
The development of weather-independent photovoltaics is a promising strategy for persistently generating electricity in daytime and night. Herein we build a category of multi-energy integrated bifacial solar cells by making long persistence phosphors (LPPs) tailored transparent counter electrodes. The optimized cell with green-emitting transparent polypyrrole-graphene/PtCo achieves a maximized power conversion efficiency of 8.59% under a simulated sun irradiation (100 mW cm(-2), air mass 1.5 global) as well as a dark efficiency of 29.68% when ceasing solar illumination. Moreover, the newly launched photovoltaics can persistently generate power lasting for hours in the dark environments. The current work demonstrates a predictable application of photoelectric engineering for persistent energy harvesting free of sun illumination in future. (C) 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Keywords:Multi-energy integrated photovoltaics;Bifacial dye-sensitized solar cells;Counter electrodes;Polypyrrole;Graphene;Long persistence phosphors