Performance of Dye Sensitized Solar Cells Fabricated with Electrospun Polymer Nanofiber Based Electrolyte

Nanofiber (NF) based gel polymer electrolytes were prepared by soaking electrospun polyacrylonitrile (PAN) nanofiber membranes of different thicknesses in an optimized liquid electrolyte having the composition of 0.8g PC: 0.17g Pr4NI: 0.0139g I2. Dye Sensitized Solar Cells (DSSCs) of configuration F...

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Published inMaterials today : proceedings Vol. 3; pp. S104 - S111
Main Authors Dissanayake, S.S., Dissanayake, M.A.K.L., Seneviratne, V.A., Senadeera, G.K.R., Thotawattage, C.A.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier Ltd 2016
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Dye densitized solar cells
Electrolyte
Electrospinnig
Nanofiber
Polyacrylonitrile
Electrospinnig
Nanofiber
Polyacrylonitrile
Dye densitized solar cells
Electrolyte
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Summary:Nanofiber (NF) based gel polymer electrolytes were prepared by soaking electrospun polyacrylonitrile (PAN) nanofiber membranes of different thicknesses in an optimized liquid electrolyte having the composition of 0.8g PC: 0.17g Pr4NI: 0.0139g I2. Dye Sensitized Solar Cells (DSSCs) of configuration FTO/TiO2/dye/PAN NF:Pr4NI:PC:I2/Pt/FTO were fabricated using gel electrolyte films of different thicknesses and characterized using I-V measurements. The DSSC fabricated with the gel electrolyte with optimized nanofiber membrane thickness showed an efficiency of 5.44% with an open circuit voltage of 735.0mV, short circuit current density of 14.49mA cm-2 and a fill factor of 51.06%.
ISSN:2214-7853
2214-7853
DOI:10.1016/j.matpr.2016.01.014