Pore-filled electrolyte membranes for facile fabrication of long-term stable dye-sensitized solar cells

Seo, Seok-Jun; Cha, Hyeon-Jung; Kang, Yong Soo; Kang, Moon‐Sung

doi:10.1016/j.electacta.2015.05.098

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“…While many different PEMs have been proposed in the literature (21,22), only one time the modification of their polymeric matrix has been carried out to somewhat improve current values. In this respect, Chiappone and co-workers proposed the incorporation of nanoscale microfibrillated cellulose (NMFC) in photocross-linked PEMs, to take advantage of their unique crystalline/amorphous alternate domains as light scattering and reflecting agents, thus resulting in high performing bio-based quasi-solid photoelectrochemical cells (23,24).…”

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Natural Polymers for Dye‐Sensitized Solar Cells: Electrolytes and Electrodes

Bella

Gerbaldi

2016

Encyclopedia of Polymer Science and Technology

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Glass GlassHowever, despite the record efficiency of 14.3% and the recent large-scale industrial production, DSSCs still depend on oil-derived electrolytes and nanostructured electrodes designed by expensive templating agents.This trend is changing, and in recent years the scientific community has started to propose natural polymers as substitutes for the more expensive and oil-derived materials. In this article, we present some electrolytes and electrodes developed with these new materials and demonstrate how the DSSC device is gradually approaching the highly cited and mentioned artificial leaf.

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Natural Polymers for Dye‐Sensitized Solar Cells: Electrolytes and Electrodes

Bella

Gerbaldi

2016

Encyclopedia of Polymer Science and Technology

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A New Design Paradigm for Smart Windows: Photocurable Polymers for Quasi‐Solid Photoelectrochromic Devices with Excellent Long‐Term Stability under Real Outdoor Operating Conditions

Bella

Leftheriotis

Griffini

et al. 2015

Adv Funct Materials

114

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A new photoelectrochromic device (PECD) is presented in this work proposing the combination of a WO3-based electrochromic device (ECD) and a polymer-based dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC). In the newly designed architecture, a photocurable polymeric membrane is employed as quasi-solid electrolyte for both the ECD and the DSSC. In addition, a photocurable fluoropolymeric system is incorporated as solution-processable external protective thin coating film with easy-cleaning and UV-shielding functionalities. Such new polymer-based device assembly is characterized by excellent device operation with improved photocoloration efficiency and switching ability compared with analogous PECDs based on standard liquid electrolyte systems. In addition, long-term (>2100 h) stability tests under continuous exposure to real outdoor conditions reveal the remarkable performance stability of this new quasi-solid PECD system, attributed to the protective action of the photocurable fluorinated coating that effectively prevents photochemical and physical degradation of the PECD components during operation. This first example of quasi-solid PECD systems paves the way for a new generation of thermally, electrochemically, and photochemically stable polymer-based PECDs, and provides for the first time a clear demonstration of their true potential as readily upscalable smart window components for energy-saving buildings. Light-designed polymers are proposed as quasi-solid electrolytes and ultraviolet-cutting/easy-cleaning coatings for photoelectrochromic devices (PECDs). Excellent coloration/bleaching performance as well as long-term stability under real outdoor operating conditions is demonstrated. Thermally, electrochemically, and photochemically stable polymer-based PECDs demonstrate for the first time their true potential as readily upscalable smart windows for modern energy-saving buildings

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Concentration profiles in phase-separating photocuring coatings

Yoshihara

Yamamura

2019

J Coat Technol Res

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Pore-filled electrolyte membranes for facile fabrication of long-term stable dye-sensitized solar cells

Cited by 5 publications

References 28 publications

Natural Polymers for Dye‐Sensitized Solar Cells: Electrolytes and Electrodes

Natural Polymers for Dye‐Sensitized Solar Cells: Electrolytes and Electrodes

A New Design Paradigm for Smart Windows: Photocurable Polymers for Quasi‐Solid Photoelectrochromic Devices with Excellent Long‐Term Stability under Real Outdoor Operating Conditions

Concentration profiles in phase-separating photocuring coatings

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