A novel polymer gel electrolyte based on cyanoethylated cellulose for dye-sensitized solar cells

被引:39
作者
Huang, Xianwei [1 ]
Liu, Yijiang [2 ,3 ]
Deng, Jiyong [1 ]
Yi, Bing [1 ]
Yu, Xinliang [1 ]
Shen, Ping [2 ,3 ]
Tan, Songting [2 ,3 ]
机构
[1] Hunan Inst Engn, Sch Chem & Chem Engn, Xiangtan 411104, Peoples R China
[2] Xiangtan Univ, Coll Chem, Xiangtan 411105, Peoples R China
[3] Xiangtan Univ, Key Lab Adv Funct Polymer Mat, Coll Hunan Prov, Xiangtan 411105, Peoples R China
关键词
Dye-sensitized solar cell; Gel electrolyte; Cyanoethylated cellulose; Ionic conductivity; Conversion efficiency; TEMPERATURE MOLTEN-SALTS; PERFORMANCE; CONVERSION; LIQUID; BEHAVIOR; IODIDE;
D O I
10.1016/j.electacta.2012.07.014
中图分类号
O646 [电化学、电解、磁化学];
学科分类号
081704 ;
摘要
A polymer gel electrolyte with the cyanoethylated hydroxypropyl cellulose (CN-HPC) as polymer matrix was prepared and applied in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). The ionic conductivities of the gel electrolytes based on LiI/I-2 and 1-methyl-3-hexylimidazolium iodide (MHII)/I-2 as the I-/I-3(-) redox couple were determined. being 2.94 mS cm(-1) and 2.46 mS cm(-1) with the respective diffusion constants of I-3(-) (D-app) of 2.54 x 10(-6) cm(2) S-1, 2.15 x 10(-6) cm(2) S-1. Under the optimized condition, the overall conversion efficiencies of quasi-solid DSSCs were determined to be 7.40% based on a triphenylamine dye (SD2) and 7.55% based on a ruthenium dye (N719), which is 94% of those with liquid electrolyte. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页数:8
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