The Effect of Incorporation of Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotube into Poly(Ethylene Oxide) Gel Electrolyte on the Photovoltaic Performance of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell. Issue 1 (2nd January 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Xianhua, Chan; Khanmirzaei, Mohammad Hassan; Omar, Fatin Saiha; Kasi, Ramesh; T. Subramaniam, Ramesh
• Is Part Of: Polymer-plastics technology and materials. Volume 58:Issue 1(2019)
• Page Start: 97
• Page End: 104
• Publication Date: 2019-01-02
• Subjects: Dye-sensitized solar cell -- gel polymer electrolyte -- MWCNT -- nanofiller -- PEO; Polymers -- Periodicals; Polymerization -- Periodicals; Plastics -- Periodicals; Plastics; Polymerization; Polymers; Periodicals; 668
• DOI: 10.1080/03602559.2018.1466166
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2574-0881

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Gel polymer electrolytes (GPEs) consist of poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO), sodium iodide (NaI) and different amount of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) were prepared. The conductivity study revealed that the highest ionic conductivity of GPE was 7.02 × 10 −3 S cm −1 . The structural and complexation between the materials are authenticated via X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy. Under the exposure of AM 1.5, the fabricated DSSCs exhibited the highest photoenergy conversion efficiency of 7.23% with a short circuit current density (JSC ) of 18.64 mA cm −2, open circuit voltage (VOC ) of 0.590 mV and fill factor (FF) of 65.7%. GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT: GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT