Beneficial Effects of Liquid Crystalline Phases in Solid‐State Dye‐Sensitized Solar Cells. Issue 5 (19th February 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Costa, Rubén D.; Werner, Fabian; Wang, Xinjiao; Grönninger, Philipp; Feihl, Sebastian; Kohler, Florian T. U.; Wasserscheid, Peter; Hibler, Susanne; Beranek, Radim; Meyer, Karsten; Guldi, Dirk M.
• Is Part Of: Advanced energy materials. Volume 3:Issue 5(2013:May)
• Page Start: 657
• Page End: 665
• Publication Date: 2013-02-19
• Subjects: Energy harvesting -- Materials -- Periodicals; Energy conversion -- Materials -- Periodicals; Energy storage -- Materials -- Periodicals; Photovoltaics -- Periodicals; Fuel cells -- Periodicals; Thermoelectric materials -- Periodicals; 621.31
• DOI: 10.1002/aenm.201200860
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1614-6832

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main" xml:lang="en"> <title>Abstract</title> <p>Two novel double‐alkyl functionalized imidazolium ionic liquid crystals have successfully been utilized to demonstrate the benefits of the liquid crystalline phase on the ssDSSC performance. In particular, a good balance between dye regeneration and hole transport is only realized in the liquid crystalline phase. Devices that employ a single component ionic liquid based electrolyte show a remarkably stable efficiency during 1000 h under outdoor operation temperature conditions and 1 sun illumination.</p> </abstract>