The application of P(MMA-co-MAA)/PEG polyblend gel electrolyte in quasi-solid state dye-sensitized solar cell at higher temperature |
| |
Authors: | Pin Jiang Li Miao Liang Huang San Cun Hao Zhang Lan Qinghua Li Shijie Kang |
| |
Affiliation: | The Key Laboratory for College of Materials Science and Engineering, Huaqiao University of Fujian Higher Education, Institute of Materials Physical Chemistry, Huaqiao University, Quanzhou 362021, China |
| |
Abstract: | A poly(methyl methacrylate-co-methacrylate acid)/poly(ethylene glycol) P(MMA-co-MAA)/PEG] polyblend with viscoelasticity was synthesized by a copolymerizing reaction between methyl methacrylate (MMA) and methacrylate acid (MAA) using azobisisobutyronitrile (AIBN) as initiator in poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) methanol solution. Then, a polyblend gel electrolyte was prepared by adding KI and I2 to P(MMA-co-MAA)/PEG system. The influence of compositions of the polyblend gel electrolyte on the ionic conductivity and the effect of temperature on photoelectronic performance of quasi-solid state dye-sensitized solar cell (QS-DSSC) were discussed. It was found that the polyblend gel electrolyte was a good candidate as high-temperature electrolyte for QS-DSSCs. Under an optimized condition, the highest conductivity of the polyblend gel electrolyte was 2.70 mS/cm2 at 30 °C. Based on the polyblend gel electrolyte, a light-to-electricity conversion efficiency of 4.85% for QS-DSSC was achieved under AM 1.5 simulated solar light illumination at 60 °C. |
| |
Keywords: | Dye-sensitized solar cell Polyblend gel electrolyte Poly(ethylene glycol) Poly(methyl methacrylate-co-methacrylate acid) Ion conductivity |
本文献已被 ScienceDirect 等数据库收录! |