A novel composite electrolyte of titania nanotubes as fillers and polyethylene gycol for dye-sensitized solar cells

M. Shaheer Akhtar; Jung Geun Park; Hyun Cheol Lee; S. K. Lee; O. Bong Yang

doi:10.1109/PVSC.2009.5411331

A novel composite electrolyte of titania nanotubes as fillers and polyethylene gycol for dye-sensitized solar cells

M. Shaheer Akhtar
, Jung Geun Park
, Hyun Cheol Lee
, S. K. Lee
, O. Bong Yang

Graduate School of Intergrated Physical-AI

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Abstract

In this paper, a novel inorganic - organic composite electrolyte was prepared by using titania nanotube (TiNTs) as the filler in polyethylene glycol (PEG) for solid state dye sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). The DSSCs fabricated with optimized composite electrolyte, containing 10 wt% TiNTs in PEG, showed much improved conversion efficiency of 4.5% in comparison with DSSC fabricated with PEG-only electrolyte and maintained for 30 days without a significant decreasing. Moreover, the surface morphologies, penetration, chemical interactions and crystalline properties of PEG and PEG-TiNTs composites and their performance to the DSSCs are studied extensively by FESEM, TEM, AFM, DSC and I-V measurements. The enhanced performance of resulting DSSCs is due to the presence of TiNTs as filler for improving the ionic conductivity and penetration of composite electrolyte into the TiO2 electrode.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2009 34th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2009
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	2340-2343
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Print)	9781424429509
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2009.5411331
State	Published - 2009
Event	2009 34th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2009 - Philadelphia, PA, United States Duration: 2009.06.7 → 2009.06.12

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Name	Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference
ISSN (Print)	0160-8371

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Conference	2009 34th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2009
Country/Territory	United States
City	Philadelphia, PA
Period	09.06.7 → 09.06.12

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Engineering - Electrical & Electronic
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Akhtar, M. S., Park, J. G., Lee, H. C., Lee, S. K., & Yang, O. B. (2009). A novel composite electrolyte of titania nanotubes as fillers and polyethylene gycol for dye-sensitized solar cells. In 2009 34th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2009 (pp. 2340-2343). Article 5411331 (Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2009.5411331

Akhtar, M. Shaheer ; Park, Jung Geun ; Lee, Hyun Cheol et al. / A novel composite electrolyte of titania nanotubes as fillers and polyethylene gycol for dye-sensitized solar cells. 2009 34th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2009. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2009. pp. 2340-2343 (Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference).

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Akhtar, MS, Park, JG, Lee, HC, Lee, SK & Yang, OB 2009, A novel composite electrolyte of titania nanotubes as fillers and polyethylene gycol for dye-sensitized solar cells. in 2009 34th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2009., 5411331, Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 2340-2343, 2009 34th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2009, Philadelphia, PA, United States, 09.06.7. https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2009.5411331

A novel composite electrolyte of titania nanotubes as fillers and polyethylene gycol for dye-sensitized solar cells. / Akhtar, M. Shaheer; Park, Jung Geun; Lee, Hyun Cheol et al.
2009 34th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2009. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2009. p. 2340-2343 5411331 (Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference).

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A novel composite electrolyte of titania nanotubes as fillers and polyethylene gycol for dye-sensitized solar cells

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