title: Flexible and compressible Goretex-PEDOT membrane electrodes for solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells.
abstract: A porous, flexible electrode based on a PTFE (Teflon) membrane (Goretex) coated with a metallic current collector and a conducting polymer (poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene), PEDOT) has been developed for applications in solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells. Its low sheet resistance and compressibility make it an ideal electrode on uneven TiO(2) surfaces with high efficiency and reproducibility. The porous nature of the electrode enables the feed-through of reactants and treatment agents, which opens up exciting opportunities to interface these photoelectrochemical devices with electrocatalytic, energy conversion, and storage systems. Postfabrication bonding of the photoanode and the Goretex-Au-PEDOT electrode is demonstrated.
authors.affiliation: ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science, Intelligent Polymer Research Institute, University of Wollongong, New South Wales 2522, Australia.
authors.forename: Attila J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Mozer
authors.forename: Dillip Kumar
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Panda
authors.forename: Sanjeev
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gambhir
authors.forename: Tony C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Romeo
authors.forename: Bjorn
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Winther-Jensen
authors.forename: Gordon G
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Wallace