Characterisation of DSSC-electrolytes based on 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium dicyanamide: Measurement of triiodide diffusion coefficient, viscosity, and photovoltaic performance

Determination of phase transition points of ionic liquids by combination of thermal analysis and conductivity measurements at very low heating and cooling rates

“…The melting temperatures for EMIDCA and Me 3 SDCA are, similar to BMPlNTf 2 and HMINTf 2 , both considerably higher than the corresponding literature values but confirmed by a huge quantity of measurements and evaluation of both thermal and conductivity data. The melting temperature of EMIDCA is, similar as for MPII, of special interest for researchers interested in DSSCs since EMIDCA is also a frequently used and promising IL for DSSC-electrolytes based on IL blends [16][17][18]. Likely reasons for the difference between determined melting temperatures and corresponding literature values are varying purity grades (impurities cause lower melting temperatures) and the high cooling and heating rates usually applied during measurements with DSC.…”

Review on natural dye sensitized solar cells: Operation, materials and methods

“…In spite of high efficiency, VOS has limitations such as poor long term stability of cells and necessity of complex scaling process [57]. Moreover, they have low boiling point (pyridine 1151, 2-picoline 128 1C, TBP 197 1C) which might cause degradation and loss of additives limiting the usage of VOS for practical applications [58].…”

Determination of the Activity of 1-Methyl-3-octylimidazolium Bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)amide in Binary Ionic Liquids from the Solubility in Water

“…1,2 This tunability can be further expanded by introducing binary or ternary IL mixtures, for which the number of available ILs is innumerable. Binary ILs have been applied to solar cells, [3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14] gaschromatography, 15 organicreactions, 16 inorganicreactions, [17][18][19][20] and enzymatic reactions. 21,22 When an IL consists of hydrophobic cations and anions, the IL is immiscible with water (W) and forms an IL-W two-phase system.…”