Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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7117612 | Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing | 2018 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
Counter electrode (CE) is one of the major component which determine the energy conversion efficiency of the dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). Here in, five types of CEs using two different materials were fabricated. Three types are zinc oxide (ZnO) based while other two are multi-walled carbon nanotubes based CEs. The thickness and resistance per cm2 of each CE were measured. The gel polymer electrolyte based on polyacrylonitrile polymer, sodium iodide salt, 1-Hexyl-3-methyl-imidazolium iodide ionic liquid was also prepared. The conductivity studies revealed that the highest ionic conductivity of gel polymer electrolyte was 6.72â¯mSâ¯cmâ1 upon incorporation of 100â¯wt% 1-Hexyl-3-methyl-imidazolium iodide ionic liquid. This gel polymer electrolyte was sandwiched between commercial TiO2 photo-anode and different types of CE to fabricate the DSSCs. The J-V characteristic curves of the DSSCs were obtained and the DSSC characterization parameters were determined. The efficiencies achieved using ZnO and MWCNT-based CEs were ranging from 0.46% to 7.07%. The results demonstrate that ZnO and multi-walled carbon nanotubes are good candidates of CEs for DSSC application.
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Authors
J.W. Chew, M.H. Khanmirzaei, Arshid Numan, Fatin Saiha Omar, K. Ramesh, S. Ramesh,