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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2004
Applicants:
Peng Wang, Lausanne, CH;
Shaik Mohammad Zakeeruddin, Renens, CH;
Michael Graetzel, St-Sulpice, CH;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Ecole Polytechnique Federal de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 51/42 (2006.01); B82Y 10/00 (2011.01); B82Y 30/00 (2011.01); H01G 9/20 (2006.01); H01L 51/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 51/4226 (2013.01); B82Y 10/00 (2013.01); B82Y 30/00 (2013.01); H01G 9/2009 (2013.01); H01G 9/2031 (2013.01); H01L 51/0086 (2013.01); H01L 51/0035 (2013.01); Y02E 10/542 (2013.01); Y02E 10/549 (2013.01);
Abstract
A dye sensitized solar cell, wherein a compacting compound whose molecular structure comprises a terminal group, a hydrophobic part and an anchoring group is co-adsorbed together with the dye on the semi-conductive metal oxide layer of the photoanode, forming a dense mixed self-assembled monolayer.