Conversion of Light into Electrical Power in a Molecular Layer Structure
- 1 July 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Informa UK Limited in Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals
- Vol. 137 (1), 329-347
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00268948608070931
Abstract
A stepwise change in the standard redox potential with a total drop of about 0.5 eV has been realized in a molecular structure containing 3 different chromophores in successive molecular layers. With red light the molecular structure delivers a current yield of 0.3 holes per absorbed photon. Current yield and power conversion efficiency of the molecular converter are expressed in simple formulas in terms of experimentally accessible quantities.Keywords
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