A quasi solid-state dye-sensitized solar cell containing binary ionic liquid and polyaniline-loaded carbon black |
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Authors: | Po-Yen Chen R Vittal |
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Affiliation: | a Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan b Institute of Polymer Science and Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan |
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Abstract: | A quasi solid-state dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) is fabricated using 1-propyl-3-methylimidazolium iodide (PMII) and polyaniline-loaded carbon black (PACB) as the composite electrolyte. The electrolyte without added iodine is sandwiched between TiO2 working electrode and platinum counter electrode (CE). A power conversion efficiency (η) of 5.81% is achieved with this type of cell. With the addition of 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium thiocyanate (EMISCN), a low-viscosity ionic liquid (IL), the cell with the binary ionic liquid (bi-IL) renders an efficiency of 6.15%, the best for any quasi solid-state DSSC without the addition of iodine. To fabricate a low cost DSSC using the bi-IL, the platinum layer of the counter electrode is replaced with a polymer layer, 3,3-diethyl-3,4-dihydro-2H-thieno-3,4-b]1,4] dioxepine (PProdot-Et2) through electrodeposition, and the corresponding DSSC shows an efficiency of 5.27%. At-rest stability of the quasi solid-state DSSC with bi-IL is compared with that of a liquid electrolyte DSSC at room temperature; the power conversion efficiency of the former shows a decrease of hardly 3% after 1000 h, while that of the latter shows a decrease of about 30%. The quasi solid-state cell shows unfailing durability at 70 °C. |
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Keywords: | At-rest stability Binary ionic liquid Polyaniline-loaded carbon black Power conversion efficiency Quasi solid-state dye-sensitized solar cell |
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