A novel polysulfide hydrogel electrolyte based on low molecular mass organogelator for quasi-solid-state quantum dot-sensitized solar cells

A quasi-solid-state quantum dot-sensitized solar cell (QS-QDSSC) is fabricated by using 12-hydroxystearic acid as a low molecular mass organogelator to gelate the polysulfide electrolyte. Significantly, the QS-QDSSC exhibits largely improved stability compared to the liquid electrolyte based QDSSCs during the accelerated thermal aging test.257