Dye sensitized solar cell based on polyethylene glycol/4, 4-diphenylmethane diisocyanate copolymer quasi solid state electrolyte

• Main Authors: Liow, Kai Sing, Coswald Stephen Sipaut @ Mohd Nasri, Rachel Fran Mansa, Jedol Dayou
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland 2014
• Subjects: TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/19394/1/Dye%20sensitized%20solar%20cell%20based%20on%20polyethylene%20glycol.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/19394/; https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.625.140
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Sabah

In this study, quasi-solid state electrolyte (QSE) was prepared by blending the polyethylene glycol (PEG) with molecular weight of 400, 4,4’-diphenylmethane diisocyanate (MDI), potassium iodide (KI) and iodine (I2) under a low reaction temperature (50oC) for two hours. QSEs with a different ratio of PEG to MDI were formulated. Adding 15 vol% of MDl into the QSE was found to give the highest open circuit voltage, short circuit current and energy conversion efficient, which were 360 mV, 0.077 mA/cm2 and 0.02% respectively.