title: Quasi-solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells with polymer gel electrolyte and triphenylamine-based organic dyes.
abstract: We report on the application of a poly(methyl acrylate)/poly(ethylene glycol)-based polymer gel electrolyte and triphenylamine-based metal-free organic dyes in quasi-solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells. The poly(methyl acrylate)/poly(ethylene glycol) hybrid is beneficial to the entrapment of a large volume of liquid electrolyte. At 25 degrees C, the ionic conductivity and the triiodide ionic diffusion constant of the as-prepared polymer gel electrolyte are 2.1 mS cm(-1) and 2.3 x 10(-6) cm(2) s(-1), respectively. The quasi-solid-state solar cell sensitized by triphenylamine-based dyes attains an overall energy conversion efficiency of 5.76% at a light intensity of 30 mW cm(-2). The presence of poly(ethylene glycol) in the electrolyte obviously increases the conductivity and energy conversion efficiency compared to that without poly(ethylene glycol).
authors.affiliation: Institute of New Energy Material Chemistry and Enginnering Research Center of Energy Storage & Conversion (Ministry of Education), Chemistry College, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Jifu
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: Shengjie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Peng
authors.forename: Juan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pei
authors.forename: Yanliang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liang
authors.forename: Fangyi
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chen