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Volume 19, Issue 1
  • ISSN: 1872-2105
  • E-ISSN: 2212-4020

Abstract

Background

In recent years, many semiconductor materials with unique band structures have been used and also pursued patent protection as Pt counter electrode (CE) substitutes for dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs), which makes the photoelectric properties of DSSCs possible to be modulated by electric field, magnetic field, and light field. In this work, La(Ca,Ba)MnO (LCBMO) thin film is employed to act as CE in DSSCs.

Methods

The experimental results indicate that short-circuit current density and photoelectric conversion efficiency present better stability when applying an external magnetic field to the DSSCs. Furthermore, both the exchange current density (J) and limit diffusion current density (J) are largely enhanced by an external magnetic field. J increases from -0.51 mA·cm-2 to -0.65 mA·cm-2, and J increases from 0.2 mA·cm-2 to 0.3 mA·cm-2 when applying a magnetic field of 0.25 T.

Results

The fitting results of the impedance test verify that the magnetic field reduces the value of .

Conclusion

Both magnetic-field enhancing catalytic activity and CMR effect jointly promote the increase of photocurrent and finally improve the photovoltaic effect in DSSCs.

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Magnetic Field Modulation Effect of Photoelectric Properties in Dye-sensitized Solar Cells with La0.67(Ca,Ba)0.33MnO3 as Counter Electrodes
Recent Pat Nanotechnol 19, 140 (2025); https://doi.org/10.2174/1872210518666230915142211
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  • Article Type:     Research Article
Keyword(s): counter electrodes; Dye-sensitized solar cell; magnetic field modulation; perovskite manganese oxide; photoelectric properties; photovoltaic effect in DSSCs

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