Nanostructured Two-Component Liquid-Crystalline Electrolytes for High-Temperature Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

Ionic Liquid Based Electrolytes for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

1.1 New type of solar cell: dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) The rising price of fossil fuels, together with their rapid depletion and the pollution caused by their combustion, is forcing us to find sources of clean renewable energy. Fortunately, the supply of energy from the sun to the earth is gigantic, i.e., 3 × 1024 joule a year or about ten thousand times more than what mankind consumes ...

Ionic liquid electrolytes for dye-sensitized solar cells.

The potential of room-temperature molten salts (ionic liquids) as solvents for electrolytes for dye-sensitized solar cells has been investigated during the last decade. The non-volatility, good solvent properties and high electrochemical stability of ionic liquids make them attractive solvents in contrast to volatile organic solvents. Despite this, the relatively high viscosity of ionic liquids...

Nanostructured photoelectrodes for dye-sensitized solar cells

Robust High-performance Dye-sensitized Solar Cells Based on Ionic Liquid-sulfolane Composite Electrolytes

Novel ionic liquid-sulfolane composite electrolytes based on the 1,2,3-triazolium family of ionic liquids were developed for dye-sensitized solar cells. The best performing device exhibited a short-circuit current density of 13.4 mA cm(-2), an open-circuit voltage of 713 mV and a fill factor of 0.65, corresponding to an overall power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 6.3%. In addition, these devic...

Lithium salt–nonionic surfactant lyotropic liquid crystalline gel-electrolytes with redox couple for dye sensitized solar cells

Bilkent University, Department of Chemistr fen.bilkent.edu.tr Abant İzzet Baysal University, Department National Institute of Fundamental Studie Lanka † Electronic supplementary information G2-LiCl-2, G2-LiBr-2, G2-LiI-2, and G2-L pattern of mesocrystals of G2-LiI–I2-4, UV is 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5) and LiI–I2 mixture in Raman spectra of G2-LiI-2 and G2-LiI–I2See DOI: 10.1039/c6ra19979h Cite this: R...