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Deep Eutectic Solvent (DES) Based on Choline Chloride and Mono-, Di-, Poly-Ethylene Glycol as KI/I2 Electrolyte Solvents on DSSC Devices
- Source :
- Indonesian Journal of Chemistry, Vol 23, Iss 5, Pp 1294-1303 (2023)
- Publication Year :
- 2023
- Publisher :
- Department of Chemistry, Universitas Gadjah Mada, 2023.
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Abstract
- Deep eutectic solvent (DES) has high viscosity and electrical conductivity values, so it can be used as an electrolyte solvent in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). This research was conducted to produce DES based on choline chloride (ChCl) and ethylene glycol (EG), diethylene glycol, and polyethylene glycol-400, which were then used as KI/I2 couple redox electrolyte solvent to improve the DSSC performance. The synthesis was carried out by mixing each component in several variations of the mole fraction of ChCl (xCHCl) at 80 °C for 15 min, and then was characterized by their pH, freezing point, density, viscosity, and electrical conductivity. A mixture that meets the criteria as a eutectic solvent and has a freezing point of less than −18 °C with the highest electrical conductivity value is DES ChCl:EG with xChCl 0.3 and xChCl 0.4. Both DESs were then used as a solvent for KI/I2, combined with acetonitrile in various compositions. The electrolyte with the highest electrical conductivity value was KI/I2 dissolved in ChCl:EG with xChCl 0.3 solvent 6:4 v/v, and then employed in DSSC device. The best performance of DSSC (Isc= 0.155 mA/cm2; Voc=0.465 V; Pmax= 0.719 W; ηmax= 0.072%) was produced under a light intensity of 0.1 W/cm2.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14119420 and 24601578
- Volume :
- 23
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Indonesian Journal of Chemistry
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.5aff6981fa854e9a9c725d0861f8b624
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.22146/ijc.82754