title: Excellent optical and interfacial performance of a PEDOT-b-PEG block copolymer counter electrode for polymer electrolyte-based solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells.
abstract: A poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)-b-poly(ethylene glycol) (PEDOT-b-PEG) block copolymer doped with perchlorate on FTO shows excellent optical and interfacial performance as a counter electrode (CE), such as low charge transfer resistance and low reflectivity for polymer electrolyte-based solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs), resulting in 8.45% energy conversion efficiency, greater than the common Pt CE, via a facile room-temperature process.
authors.affiliation: Department of Energy Engineering and Center for Next-Generation Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells, Hanyang University, Seoul 133-791, Korea. kangys@hanyang.ac.kr.
authors.forename: Tea-Yon
authors.initials: TY
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Energy Engineering and Center for Next-Generation Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells, Hanyang University, Seoul 133-791, Korea. kangys@hanyang.ac.kr.
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.affiliation: Department of Energy Engineering and Center for Next-Generation Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells, Hanyang University, Seoul 133-791, Korea. kangys@hanyang.ac.kr.
authors.forename: Woohyung
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.affiliation: Department of Energy Engineering and Center for Next-Generation Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells, Hanyang University, Seoul 133-791, Korea. kangys@hanyang.ac.kr.
authors.forename: Sungjin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Sejong Polymer Research Center, Sejong University, 209, Neungdong-ro, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul 143-747, Korea.
authors.forename: Jongok
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Won
authors.affiliation: Department of Energy Engineering and Center for Next-Generation Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells, Hanyang University, Seoul 133-791, Korea. kangys@hanyang.ac.kr.
authors.forename: Yong Soo
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Kang