Influence of Various Ionic Liquids Embedded Electrospun Polymer Membrane Electrolytes on the Photovoltaic Performance of DSSC
Subramania Angaiah, Vignesh Murugadoss, Subasri Arunachalam, Pratheep Panneerselvam and Sarathkumar Krishnan
Subramania Angaiah 1, Email
Vignesh Murugadoss 1, 2
Subasri Arunachalam 1, 3
Pratheep Panneerselvam 1
Sarathkumar Krishnan 1
1 Electrochemical Energy Research Lab, Centre for Nanoscience and Technology, Pondicherry University, Puducherry - 605 014, India
2 Integrated Composites Laboratory (ICL), Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
3 Department of Chemistry, Kalasalingam University, Krishnankovil – 626126, India
Abstract
The influence of various ionic liquids such as 1,3-dimethyl imidazolium iodide (DMImI), 1-propyl-3-methyl imidazolium iodide (PMImI), 1-butyl-3-methyl imidazolium iodide (BMImI) and 1-hexyl-3-methyl imidazolium iodide (HMImI) embedded electrospun PVdF-HFP membrane electrolytes (esPMEs) on the photovoltaic performances of Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) were investigated. The influence of alkyl chain length of imidazolium and the concentration of ionic liquid electrolytes on the charge diffusion and electron transport kinetics were investigated by electrochemical impedance and Tafel polarization studies. Among the DSSCs fabricated with esPME of various ionic liquids, DSSC with 0.5M BMImI-esPME exhibited highest photoconversion efficiency of 7.08% with excellent long-term stability.
Publication details
Received: 21 Jun 2018
Revised: 21 Aug 2018
Accepted: 25 Aug 2018
Published online: 26 Aug 2018
Article type:
Research Paper
DOI:
10.30919/es8d756
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4
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44-51
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Engineered Science, 2018, 4, 44-51
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Influence of alkyl chain length and the concentration of various imidazolium-based ionic liquids emb....
Influence of alkyl chain length and the concentration of various imidazolium-based ionic liquids embedded electrospun PVDF-HFP membrane electrolytes on photovoltaic performance of DSSC were investigated for the first time.
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