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Effects of substituents of imidazolium cations on the performance of dye-sensitized TiO2 solar cells
- Source :
- Journal of Applied Electrochemistry. 38:1647-1652
- Publication Year :
- 2008
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2008.
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Abstract
- Imidazolium iodides (Im+I−s) were synthesized with different substituents of the cation and used as electrolytes in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs), and the effects of such substituents were investigated in terms of the photovoltaic performance of the cells. Synthesized iodides were verified by 1H-NMR. Among the iodides, 1,3-diethylimidazolium iodide enabled a solar energy conversion efficiency of 4.8% for its DSSC, while 1-(4-acetophenyl)-3-ethylimidazolium iodide rendered an efficiency of 3.1% for its cell. In all cases the short-circuit photocurrent (J sc) was found to increase with decrease in size of the substituent, which was also verified to be valid in the case of a quasi-solid state DSSC. Results are explained by the electrostatic interactions between solvated Im+ and negatively charged species based on the correlation between diffusion coefficients of I− and I 3 − and J sc values. These explanations are supported by steady-state voltammetry and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS).
Details
- ISSN :
- 15728838 and 0021891X
- Volume :
- 38
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Applied Electrochemistry
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........4473ed1c2428bdecfdbe0ce3fadaee67