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Molecular gelation of ionic liquid-sulfolane mixtures, a solid electrolyte for high performance dye-sensitized solar cells

Decoppet, Jean-David  
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Moehl, Thomas  
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Babkair, Saeed Salem
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2014
Journal Of Materials Chemistry A

Cyclohexanecarboxylic acid-[4-(3-tetradecylureido)phenyl]amide is an efficient gelator to solidify ionic liquid electrolytes. In this paper we apply this low molecular weight gelator to solidify the newly prepared sulfolane based ionic liquid electrolyte. This solid electrolyte is successfully applied as an electrolyte for dye sensitized solar cells. This solid electrolyte is thermo-reversible, upon heating it will become a liquid and at room temperature it will solidify, facilitating the cell filling by the electrolyte. Applying this solid electrolyte we obtained 7.8% power conversion efficiency under simulated AM 1.5 full sunlight intensity. The devices with liquid and solid electrolytes were analysed by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy to explain the differences in the photovoltaic performance. These cells were also measured under outdoor conditions at Jeddah, Saudi Arabia to explore the feasibility of practical applications of this electrolyte.

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DOI
10.1039/c4ta01995d
Web of Science ID

WOS:000342079200040

Author(s)
Decoppet, Jean-David  
Moehl, Thomas  
Babkair, Saeed Salem
Alzubaydi, Raysah Ali
Ansari, Azhar Ahmad
Habib, Sami S.
Zakeeruddin, Shaik M.  
Schmidt, Hans-Werner
Graetzel, Michael  
Date Issued

2014

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry

Published in
Journal Of Materials Chemistry A
Volume

2

Issue

38

Start page

15972

End page

15977

Editorial or Peer reviewed

REVIEWED

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October 23, 2014
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