Effect of electron beam irradiation on the electrochemical properties of heteropolyacid-polyethylene oxide composite electrolyte for dye-sensitized solar cell

M. Shaheer Akhtar; Dae Jin Choi; Sang Kwon Lee; O. Bong Yang

doi:10.1016/j.cap.2009.11.029

Effect of electron beam irradiation on the electrochemical properties of heteropolyacid-polyethylene oxide composite electrolyte for dye-sensitized solar cell

M. Shaheer Akhtar
, Dae Jin Choi
, Sang Kwon Lee
, O. Bong Yang^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

Graduate School of Intergrated Physical-AI

Solar Energy Research Center
Jeonbuk National University

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Abstract

A composite electrolyte for dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) was prepared with heteropolyacids (HPA) and polyethylene oxide (PEO) in the mixture solvent of chloroform and methanol. The amorphicity and ionic conductivity of the HPA-PEO composite electrolytes were significantly enhanced upon the appropriate dose of electron beam (e-beam) irradiation in the range of 40-120 kGy. A DSSC fabricated with HPA-PEO irradiated at the optimum dose of 120 kGy showed maximum overall conversion efficiency of 3.4% with a V_OC of 0.588 V, I_SC of 9.68 mA/cm² and fill factor of 58.9% under 100 mW/cm², which improved by 13% efficiency in comparison with the DSSC with bare HPA-PEO composite electrolytes.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	S161-S164
Journal	Current Applied Physics
Volume	10
Issue number	2 SUPPL.
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cap.2009.11.029
State	Published - 2010.03

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Keywords

Dye-sensitized solar cells
e-Beam
HPA-PEO composite
Radiation and doses

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Materials Science
Physics & Astronomy

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Effect of electron beam irradiation on the electrochemical properties of heteropolyacid-polyethylene oxide composite electrolyte for dye-sensitized solar cell

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