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Development of a conjugated polyaniline incorporated electrospun poly(vinylidene fluoride-co-hexafluoropropylene) composite membrane electrolyte for high performance dye-sensitized solar cells

Elayappan, Vijayakumar
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Murugadoss, Vignesh
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Angaiah, Subramania
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2015
Journal Of Applied Polymer Science

Different weight percentage (2, 3, 4, and 5 wt %) of polyaniline (PANI) were incorporated into electrospun poly(vinylidene fluoride-co-hexafluoropropylene) (PVdF-HFP) composite membranes (esCPMs). The regular morphology, molecular structure, crystallinity, porosity, electrolyte uptake, and leakage of the composite membranes were examined. The esCPMs were activated in liquid electrolyte containing 0.5 M LiI, 0.05 M I-2, and 0.5 M 4-tert-butylpyridine and 0.5 M 1-butyl-3-methylimidazoliun iodide in acetonitrile to afford electrospun PVdF-HFP/PANI composite membrane electrolytes (esCPMEs). The influence of different wt % of PANI on the esCPMEs was studied by electrochemical impedance measurements and Tafel polarization studies. The photovoltaic performance of a dye-sensitized solar cell assembled using 3 wt % PANI incorporated esCPME exhibits a higher power conversion efficiency of 7.20% than that assembled using esPME (=6.42%).

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research article
DOI
10.1002/app.42777
Web of Science ID

WOS:000360762600024

Author(s)
Elayappan, Vijayakumar
Murugadoss, Vignesh
Angaiah, Subramania
Fei, Zhaofu  
Dyson, Paul J.  
Date Issued

2015

Publisher

Wiley-Blackwell

Published in
Journal Of Applied Polymer Science
Volume

132

Issue

45

Article Number

42777

Subjects

composites

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electrochemistry

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fibers

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membranes

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photochemistry

Editorial or Peer reviewed

REVIEWED

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September 28, 2015
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