Dye-sensitized solar cells : mathematical modelling, and materials design and optimization /: mathematical modelling, and materials design and optimization. ([2019])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Masoud Soroush, Kenneth K.S. Lau.
• Editors: Soroush, Masoud; Lau, Kenneth K. S, 1972-
• Contents: Front Cover; Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; 1 Overview of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells; 1.1 Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell Within the Energy Context; 1.2 General Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell Design; 1.3 Current State of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells; 1.4 Optimization of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells; 1.4.1 Semiconductor Oxide Electrode; 1.4.2 Dye Sensitizer; 1.4.3 Redox Electrolyte; 1.4.4 Hole Transport Material; 1.4.5 Counter Electrode; 1.5 Mathematical Modeling of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells; 1.6 Conclusion; Acknowledgments; References 2 Mathematical Modeling of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Overview of Device Physics; 2.3 Photogeneration; 2.3.1 Beer-Lambert Law; 2.3.2 Panchromatic Sensitizers; 2.4 Charge Transport; 2.4.1 Diffusion and Recombination; 2.4.2 Drift and Diffusion; 2.4.2.1 Continuity Equation; 2.4.2.2 Transport Equation; 2.4.2.3 Boundary Conditions; 2.4.3 Beyond One Dimension; 2.5 Multiple Trapping and Hopping Transition; 2.6 Conclusion; References; 3 Insights Into Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells From Macroscopic-Scale First-Principles Mathematical Modeling; 3.1 Introduction 3.2 DSSC Macroscopic-Scale Mathematical Modeling3.3 Components of a Macroscopic-Scale DSSC Model; 3.3.1 Equivalent Circuit of a Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell; 3.3.2 Electrochemical Processes; 3.3.3 Concentration Overpotential (Mass-Transfer Resistances); 3.3.4 Electron Recombination Rate; 3.3.5 Electron Generation Rate; 3.3.6 Triiodide, Iodide, and Cation Generation and Consumption Rates; 3.3.7 Charged Species Transport; 3.3.8 Dark-Equilibrium Conditions; 3.3.9 Boundary and Initial Conditions; 3.3.10 Dimensionless Variables; 3.4 Numerical Solution of the Model Equations 3.4.1 Steady-State Behavior3.4.2 Dynamic Behavior; 3.5 Effect of the Electric Field; 3.6 Effect of Recombination Rate Equation Type; 3.7 Parametric Sensitivity Analysis; 3.8 Effect of Irradiance; 3.9 Effect of Dye Type; 3.10 Effect of Temperature; 3.11 Transient Responses; 3.12 Effect of Polymer-Electrolyte Chemistry; 3.12.1 Dye-sensitized solar cell Fabrication and Experimental Performance Evaluation; 3.12.2 Polymer-Electrolyte Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell Macroscopic-Scale Model; 3.12.3 Parameter Estimation; 3.13 Conclusion; Acknowledgments; Notation; References 4 Charge Separation: From the Topology of Molecular Electronic Transitions to the Dye/Semiconductor Interfacial Energetics ...4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Topology of Molecular Electronic Transitions; 4.2.1 Background: State Density Matrix and Charge Density; 4.2.2 Qualitative Analysis of Photoinduced Electronic Structure Reorganization; 4.2.2.1 Density-Based Strategies; 4.2.2.1.1 State Densities; 4.2.2.1.2 Charge Displacement Analysis; 4.2.2.1.3 Detachment/Attachment Densities; 4.2.2.1.4 Transition Densities; 4.2.2.2 Wave Function-Based Strategies; 4.2.2.2.1 Spinorbitals Analysis
• Publisher Details: London : Academic Press, an imprint of Elsevier
• Publication Date: 2019
• Copyright Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 621.31/244; Dye-sensitized solar cells; Dye-sensitized solar cells -- Design and construction; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Mechanical; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780128145425; 0128145420
• Related ISBNs: 9780128145418
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource ; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed March 6, 2019).
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