Kinetic competition in liquid electrolyte and solid-state cyanine dye sensitized solar cells

2007 ◽  
Vol 17 (29) ◽  
pp. 3037-3044 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sergio Tatay ◽  
Saif A. Haque ◽  
Brian O'Regan ◽  
James R. Durrant ◽  
W. J. H. Verhees ◽  
...  
Solar Energy ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 111 ◽  
pp. 125-134 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adriano Sacco ◽  
Andrea Lamberti ◽  
Matteo Gerosa ◽  
Chiara Bisio ◽  
Giorgio Gatti ◽  
...  

2010 ◽  
Vol 451 ◽  
pp. 41-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuan Lin ◽  
Maio Wang ◽  
Xu Rui Xiao

Ionic liquid oligomer, 1-oligo(ethyleneoxide)-3-methylimidazolium salt (PEO(X)MIm) and Ionic liquid polymer, poly(1-oligo (ethylene glycol) methacrylate-3-methylimidazolium) salt (P(MOEMIm)) prepared by incorporating imidazolium ionic liquid with PEO oligomer and polymer were investigated as electrolytes for dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs). Ionic liquid electrolytes were composed of LiI, I2, and PEO(X)MImCl or the mixture of 1-hexyl-3-methylidazolium iodide (HMImI), 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate (EMImBF4) and PEO(X)MImCl. Quasi-solid-state electrolytes were prepared by employing the imidazole polymers P(MOEMImCl) to solidify the liquid electrolyte containing lithium iodide, iodine and ethylene carbonate (EC)/propylene carbonate (PC) mixed solvent. Ionic liquid based quasi-solid state electrolytes were prepared by solidifying the ionic liquid electrolytes containing HMImI or a binary mixture of HMImI and EMImBF4 with an ionic liquid polymer P(MOEMImCl), respectively. The influences of PEO molecular weight, polymer content, addition of alkyl ionic liquid and various anions of the ionic liquid oligomers and polymer on the ionic conductivity, apparent diffusion coefficient of the redox species in the electrolytes and the performance of solar cells were examined. The influences on the kinetic behaviors of dye regeneration and triiodide reduction reactions taken place at nanocrystalline TiO2 electrode and Pt counter-electrode, respectively, were also studied by cyclic-voltammetry and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy measurements. By using ternary ionic liquid electrolyte containing 1M lithium iodide and 0.5M iodine in the ionic liquid of the ionic liquid mixture of PEO(X)MImCl), HMImI and EMImBF4, quasi-solid-state electrolytes and ionic liquid based quasi-solid state electrolytes the photoelectron conversion efficiency of DSCs is 7.89%, 7.6% and 6.1%, respectively(AM 1.5, 100mWcm−2). These results show the potential application of PEO based ionic liquid in SCs.


2009 ◽  
Vol 2 (9) ◽  
pp. 982 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jin Tang ◽  
Wenjun Wu ◽  
Jianli Hua ◽  
Jing Li ◽  
Xin Li ◽  
...  

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (38) ◽  
pp. 19991-19999
Author(s):  
Ellie Tanaka ◽  
Neil Robertson

Solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells were obtained by drying a standard I−/I3− liquid-electrolyte cell in ambient conditions.


2010 ◽  
Vol 09 (04) ◽  
pp. 295-299
Author(s):  
X. D. LI ◽  
X. J. YIN ◽  
C. F. LIN ◽  
D. W. ZHANG ◽  
Z. A. WANG ◽  
...  

Thermosetting polymer gel electrolytes (TPGEs) based on poly(acrylic acid)-poly(ethylene glycol) (PAA-PEG) hybrid were prepared and applied to fabricate dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs). N-methylpyrrolidone (NMP) and γ-butyrolactone (GBL) were used as solvents for liquid electrolytes and LiI and KI as iodide source, separately. The microstructure of PAA-PEG shows a well swelling ability in liquid electrolyte and excellent stability of the swollen hybrid. The TPGE was optimized in terms of the liquid electrolyte absorbency and ionic conductivity photovoltaic performance. Quasi-solid-state DSCs containing TPGE with optimized KI electrolyte show higher efficiency, voltage, fill factor, and lower photocurrent than those with LiI electrolyte. The related mechanism was discussed. A quasi-solid-state DSC fabricated with optimized polymer gel electrolyte obtained an overall energy conversion efficiency of 4.90% under irradiation of 100 mW/cm2 (AM1.5).


2008 ◽  
Vol 34 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 241-248 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wen-Jun Wu ◽  
Wen-Hai Zhan ◽  
Jian-Li Hua ◽  
He Tian

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