• 文献标题:   Insitu Poly(methyl methacrylate)/Graphene Composite Gel Electrolytes for Highly Stable Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   KANG YI, MOON JH
  • 作者关键词:   dyesensitized solar cell, filler, gelation, graphene, polymer gel electrolyte
  • 出版物名称:   CHEMSUSCHEM
  • ISSN:   1864-5631 EI 1864-564X
  • 通讯作者地址:   Sogang Univ
  • 被引频次:   8
  • DOI:   10.1002/cssc.201500654
  • 出版年:   2015

▎ 摘  要

Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs) with long-term stability are produced using polymer-gel electrolytes (PGEs). In this study, we introduce the formation of PGEs using insitu gelation with poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) particles and graphene fillers that are pre-deposited on the counter electrodes. We obtain a high concentration PMMA-based PGEs (i.e., over 10wt%). A DSC composed of a PMMA/graphene composite PGEs exhibits an 8.49% photon-to-electric conversion efficiency, which is comparable to conventional liquid electrolyte DSCs. This finding is attributed to increased ion diffusivity and conductivity of the PMMA-based PGEs resulting from the incorporation of graphene nanofillers. The PMMA-based PGE DSCs exhibit highly stable long-term efficiencies, maintaining up to 90% of their initial efficiency during thermal soaking, whereas the efficiencies of liquid electrolyte cells decrease significantly, by up to 60%.