High‐Temperature Solid‐State Dye‐Sensitized Solar Cells Based on Organic Ionic Plastic Crystal Electrolytes

• DOI: 10.1002/adma.201103976
• Publication Date: 2012-01-18T07:57:42Z
• Authors: Qing Li; Jie Zhao; Baoquan Sun; Bencai Lin; Lihua Qiu; Yueguang Zhang; Xiaojian Chen; Jianmei Lu; Feng Yan
• Keywords: Electrolytes; Pyrrolidines; Solar Energy; Sunlight; Temperature; Thermodynamics; 02 engineering and technology; Coloring Agents; 0210 nano-technology; 7. Clean energy; 3. Good health

Organic ionic plastic crystal, 1-ethyl-1-methyl pyrrolidinium iodide (P(12) I), is employed as the solid-state electrolytes for dye-sensitized solar cells. The fabricated solid-state devices show an overall power conversion efficiency of ~5.8% under AM 1.5 radiation (50 mW/cm(2) ) and excellent long-term stability at 80 °C.