How Reproducible are Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopic Data for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells?
Dye-sensitized solar cell (DSC) technology has been broadly investigated over the past few decades. The sandwich-type structure of the DSC makes the manufacturing undemanding under laboratory conditions but results in the need for reproducible measurements for acceptable DSC characterization. Electr...
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| author | Mariia Becker Maria-Sophie Bertrams Edwin C. Constable Catherine E. Housecroft |
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| description | Dye-sensitized solar cell (DSC) technology has been broadly investigated over the past few decades. The sandwich-type structure of the DSC makes the manufacturing undemanding under laboratory conditions but results in the need for reproducible measurements for acceptable DSC characterization. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) offers the possibility to study complex electronic systems and is commonly used for solar cells. There is a tendency in the literature to present impedance data only for one representative device. At the same time, as current density–voltage plots illustrate, measurements can vary within one set of DSCs with identical components. We present multiple DSC impedance measurements on “identical” devices prepared using two different dyes and present a statistical analysis regarding the reproducibility. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-26355d5aa9b9408a9bd8d9c942a66b002023-11-16T14:27:53ZengMDPI AGMaterials1996-19442020-03-01137154710.3390/ma13071547How Reproducible are Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopic Data for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells?Mariia Becker0Maria-Sophie Bertrams1Edwin C. Constable2Catherine E. Housecroft3Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, BPR 1096, Mattenstrasse 24a, CH-4058 Basel, SwitzerlandDepartment of Chemistry, University of Basel, BPR 1096, Mattenstrasse 24a, CH-4058 Basel, SwitzerlandDepartment of Chemistry, University of Basel, BPR 1096, Mattenstrasse 24a, CH-4058 Basel, SwitzerlandDepartment of Chemistry, University of Basel, BPR 1096, Mattenstrasse 24a, CH-4058 Basel, SwitzerlandDye-sensitized solar cell (DSC) technology has been broadly investigated over the past few decades. The sandwich-type structure of the DSC makes the manufacturing undemanding under laboratory conditions but results in the need for reproducible measurements for acceptable DSC characterization. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) offers the possibility to study complex electronic systems and is commonly used for solar cells. There is a tendency in the literature to present impedance data only for one representative device. At the same time, as current density–voltage plots illustrate, measurements can vary within one set of DSCs with identical components. We present multiple DSC impedance measurements on “identical” devices prepared using two different dyes and present a statistical analysis regarding the reproducibility.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/13/7/1547electrochemical impedance spectroscopydye-sensitized solar cellsdyestatistical analysis |
| spellingShingle | Mariia Becker Maria-Sophie Bertrams Edwin C. Constable Catherine E. Housecroft How Reproducible are Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopic Data for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells? Materials electrochemical impedance spectroscopy dye-sensitized solar cells dye statistical analysis |
| title | How Reproducible are Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopic Data for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells? |
| title_full | How Reproducible are Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopic Data for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells? |
| title_fullStr | How Reproducible are Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopic Data for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells? |
| title_full_unstemmed | How Reproducible are Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopic Data for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells? |
| title_short | How Reproducible are Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopic Data for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells? |
| title_sort | how reproducible are electrochemical impedance spectroscopic data for dye sensitized solar cells |
| topic | electrochemical impedance spectroscopy dye-sensitized solar cells dye statistical analysis |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/13/7/1547 |
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