Electrolyte support RH (W) RCE (W) RTiO2 (W) RELE (W)
None (t=0) 13.65 15.90 13.71 9.11
0.2 mm PC (t=0) 14.11 15.99 36.20 12.17
0.05 mm PC (t=0) 15.42 15.67 44.30 22.43
None (t=648 h) 13.33 11.03 21.01 149.7
0.2 mm PC (t=648 h) 16.36 12.08 28.74 188.4
0.05 mm PC (t=648 h) 15.95 22.02 20.46 125.7
aSingle-sealed cells with active area of 0.28 cm2; electrolyte consisting of 0.8M PMII/0.05M I2/0.5M NMBI in MPN.
Table 2: Resistance components in as-prepared and aged DSSCsa with and without PC films.