A dye-sensitized nanoporous TiO2 photoelectrochemical cell with novel gel network polymer electrolyte

  • Y. Ren
  • , Z. Zhang
  • , E. Gao
  • , S. Fang
  • , S. Cai*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

A novel gel network polymer electrolyte based on polysiloxane with internal plasticizing PEO chains was applied in fabricating solid-state dye-sensitized TiO2 photoelectrochemical cells. Ethylene carbonate (EC)/propylene carbonate (PC) and LiI/I2 were added as liquid plasticizer to improve the performance. The cells showed open circuit voltage of 0.69 V and short circuit current density of 1.7 mA cm-2 under 28 mW cm-2white light illumination. The energy conversion efficiencies and fill factors of the cells were 2.9% and 0.72.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)445-447
Number of pages3
JournalJournal of Applied Electrochemistry
Volume31
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 2001
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Gel network polymer electrolyte
  • Internal plasticizing chains
  • Photoelectrochemical cell
  • Sensitization
  • Titanium dioxide

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