Study on Properties of Quasi Solid Polymer Electrolyte based on PVdF-PMMA Blend for Dye-sensitized Solar Cells
Poly(vinylidene fluoride)(PVDF) is photochemically stable even in the presence of TiO2 and Pt nanoparticles, and poly(methacrylate)(PMMA) has good solvent retention. The quasi-solid electrolytes based on PVDF-PMMA blend polymer were prepared in this work by soaking a porous membrane in an organic electrolyte solution containing the I-/I3- redox couple. The as-prepared electrolytes were characterized by means of Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy, Scanning Electron Microscope respectively. Moreover, the conductivity and the voltage-current curves of the electrolytes were measured by electrochemical workstation. The results indicated that the optimum blend proportion of PVDF and PMMA was 6:4. The porous structure prepared with the addition of propanetriol was beneficial to ion diffusion and thus enhanced the conductivity of the electrolytes. The gel polymer electrolyte had a conductivity of 0.14 mS·cm-1 under the ambient atmosphere. Furthermore, electrolytes were assembled to fabricate DSSCs and the performance of the cells was tested. The good properties with the open-circuit voltage of 0.60V and the short-circuit current of 1.1mAcm-2 were achieved upon illumination with visible light.
Dye-sensitized Solar Cell PVdF–PMMA Blend Polymer Gel Electrolyte Porous Membrane Ionic conductivity Photovoltaic Performance
Yan YANG Jie TAO Li MA
College of Material Science and Technology, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics,Nanjing 210016, China
国际会议
重庆
英文
347-352
2008-06-09（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）