Enhancing the open circuit voltage of dye sensitized solar cells by surface engineering of silica particles in a gel electrolyte

Lioz Etgar; Guillaume Schuchardt; Daniele Costenaro; Fabio Carniato; Chiara Bisio; Shaik M. Zakeeruddin; Mohammad K. Nazeeruddin; Leonardo Marchese; Michael Graetzel

doi:10.1039/c3ta11436h

Enhancing the open circuit voltage of dye sensitized solar cells by surface engineering of silica particles in a gel electrolyte

Lioz Etgar
, Guillaume Schuchardt
, Daniele Costenaro
, Fabio Carniato
, Chiara Bisio
, Shaik M. Zakeeruddin
, Mohammad K. Nazeeruddin
, Leonardo Marchese
, Michael Graetzel

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We prepared a quasi-solid electrolyte for dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) that consist of ionic liquid and modified silica particles. Commercial bare silica F5 particles and modified silica F5 by NH₂ and NH ₃⁺ groups were prepared, and fully characterized. The best photovoltaic performance was observed using the NH₂ modified silica particles giving an open circuit voltage (V_oc) of 815 mV, a short-circuit current (J_sc) of 11.23 mA cm^-2, and a fill factor (FF) of 0.75 corresponding to an overall power conversion efficiency of 7.04% at 100 mW cm^-2 AM 1.5. The modification of the silica particles by NH₂ groups increases the V_oc of DSSCs by around 60 mV compared to pure ionic liquid electrolyte based DSSCs.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	10142-10147
Number of pages	6
Journal	Journal of Materials Chemistry A
Volume	1
Issue number	35
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1039/c3ta11436h
Publication status	Published - 21 Sept 2013

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