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A Novel Development for Dye Sensitized Solar Cells Solid-state Electrolytes without the Use of a Clean Room

Program of Physics, Sakon Nakhon Rajabhat University, 680 Nittayo Road, Mueang District, Sakon Nakhon, 47000, Thailand

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Santhaveesuk S
Program of Physics, Sakon Nakhon Rajabhat University
680 Nittayo Road, Mueang District, Sakon Nakhon, 47000, Thailand
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Received date: September 19, 2016; Accepted date: October 05, 2016; Published date: October 10, 2016

Citation: Santhaveesuk S, Santhaveesuk T, Kahattha C (2016) A Novel Development for Dye Sensitized Solar Cells Solid-state Electrolytes without the Use of a Clean Room. Innov Ener Res 5:143.

Copyright: © 2016 Santhaveesuk S, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

Dye sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) solid-state electrolytes were prepared by mixtures method and applied to dye sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). The cells were coated a conducting glass sheet by means of doctor blade technique. The solid state electrolytes were prepared by adding KI and I2 into solid state electrolytes composed of 1,2,4,5- tetrakisbromomethyl benzene(TB), γ-butyrolactone (GBL), propylene carbonate(PC), 1-methyl-3-propylimidazodium iodide (MPI), poly (styrene-co-acrylonitrile)(P(S-A)) and ethylene carbonate (EC). The solid state electrolytes mixtures became homogenous and could not flow under sintering at temperature of 70-80°C gelated with sample 1, 2, 3 and 4. The dye sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) based on the solid state electrolytes yielded an overall light to electrical energy conversion efficiency of 2.49%, 2.56%, 2.16% and 2.18% respectively, under irradiation of 80 mW/cm².

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