Published December 5, 2007 | Version v1
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A nanoporous TiO2 electrode and new ionic liquid doped solid polymer electrolyte for dye sensitized solar cell application

Creators

  • 1. Department of Physics, Hindustan College of Science and Technology, Mathura (India)
  • 2. Department of Chemistry, Meerut Institute of Engineering and Technology, Meerut (India)
  • 3. Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon (Korea, Republic of)

Description

Nanocrystalline TiO2 films with nanosized pores have been synthesized using the doctor-blade method. A new kind of low-viscosity ionic liquid (1-ethyl 3-methyl imidazolium thiocyanate) doped solid electrolyte (using polyethylene oxide, PEO, as host) (ILSE) has been examined and sandwiched between the aforesaid electrode and counter-electrode. The structural, electrical and photo-electrochemical characterization of ILSE is reported in this paper. It is observed that the doping of ionic liquid (IL) has improved the ionic conductivity and the efficiency of the solar cells fabricated using this ILSE. The photovoltaic performance of a dye sensitized solar cell using solid ILSE film is also discussed

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1088/0957-4484/18/48/485711;
PII
S0957-4484(07)58255-3;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nanotechnology (Print)
Journal Volume
18
Journal Issue
48
Journal Page Range
p. 485711
ISSN
0957-4484

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
39040305
Subject category
S36: MATERIALS SCIENCE;
Descriptors DEI
CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALS; DOPED MATERIALS; DYES; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODES; IONIC CONDUCTIVITY; NANOSTRUCTURES; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECT; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLID ELECTROLYTES; THIN FILMS; THIOCYANATES; TITANIUM OXIDES
Descriptors DEC
ALCOHOLS; ANTITHYROID DRUGS; CARBONIC ACID DERIVATIVES; CHALCOGENIDES; CHEMISTRY; DIRECT ENERGY CONVERTERS; DRUGS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; ELECTROLYTES; EQUIPMENT; FILMS; GLYCOLS; HYDROXY COMPOUNDS; MATERIALS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; ORGANIC SULFUR COMPOUNDS; OXIDES; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; PHOTOELECTRIC CELLS; PHOTOELECTRIC EFFECT; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; POLYMERS; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS; TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS