A comprehensive review on counter electrodes for dye sensitized solar cells: a special focus on Pt-TCO free counter electrodes

U Ahmed, M Alizadeh, N Abd Rahim, S Shahabuddin… - Solar energy, 2018 - Elsevier
Among all PV devices, DSSCs are believed to be one of the most promising devices, owing
to their low cost, facile methods of fabrication and eco-friendly nature. Several components …

Recent progress in non‐platinum counter electrode materials for dye‐sensitized solar cells

J Theerthagiri, AR Senthil, J Madhavan… - …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Dye‐sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) have gained increasing attention with regard to
photovoltaic devices, because of their low cost and simple fabrication methods; they are …

Enhanced ionic conductivity of electrospun nanocomposite (PVDF‐HFP + TiO2 nanofibers fillers) polymer fibrous membrane electrolyte for DSSC application

S Vinoth, G Kanimozhi, K Hari Prasad… - Polymer …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Electrospun pure polymer poly (vinylidene difluoride‐co‐hexafluoropropylene)[P (VDF‐
HFP)] fibrous membrane (esPFM) and electrospun nanocomposite polymer [P (VDF‐HFP)+ …

High efficient dye sensitized solar cells using phthaloylchitosan based gel polymer electrolytes

MH Buraidah, S Shah, LP Teo, FI Chowdhury… - Electrochimica …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract High efficiency of 9.61% has been produced for dye sensitized solar cell using a
phthaloylchitosan based gel polymer electrolyte. The gel polymer electrolytes have been …

Structural, optical, and electrical parameters of doped PVA/PVP Blend with TPAI or THAI Salt

AM El-Naggar, SZ Brnawi, AM Kamal, AA Albassam… - Polymers, 2023 - mdpi.com
The 70% polyvinyl alcohol/30% polyvinyl pyrrolidone (PVA/PVP) polymer blends, with
different weight ratios of tetrapropylammonium iodide (TPAI) or tetrahexylammonium iodide …

Efficiency enhancement by mixed cation effect in dye-sensitized solar cells with a PVdF based gel polymer electrolyte

AK Arof, MF Aziz, MM Noor, MA Careem… - International journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
This paper reports the effect of using a mixed iodide salt system with two dissimilar cations to
enhance the efficiency of dye-sensitized solar cells made with polyvinylidenefluoride (PVdF) …

Polyacrylonitrile gel polymer electrolyte based dye sensitized solar cells for a prototype solar panel

AK Arof, IM Noor, MH Buraidah, T Bandara… - Electrochimica …, 2017 - Elsevier
Polyacrylonitrile (PAN) based gel polymer electrolytes (GPE) were prepared using lithium
iodide (LiI), 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium iodide (BMII) and tetrapropyl ammonium iodide …

Polyacrylonitrile-based gel polymer electrolytes for dye-sensitized solar cells: a review

LP Teo, MH Buraidah, AK Arof - Ionics, 2020 - Springer
Dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) which was first introduced by Gratzel and co-workers 29
years ago is very attractive as the next generation sustainable energy device owing to its …

Hydroxypropyl cellulose based non-volatile gel polymer electrolytes for dye-sensitized solar cell applications using 1-methyl-3-propylimidazolium iodide ionic liquid

MH Khanmirzaei, S Ramesh, K Ramesh - Scientific reports, 2015 - nature.com
Gel polymer electrolytes using imidazolium based ionic liquids have attracted much
attention in dye-sensitized solar cell applications. Hydroxypropyl cellulose (HPC), sodium …

Light cured networks containing metal organic frameworks as efficient and durable polymer electrolytes for dye-sensitized solar cells

F Bella, R Bongiovanni, RS Kumar… - Journal of Materials …, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
We describe the preparation of a polymer composite containing a Mg-based metal–organic
framework (MOF) through a rapid and environmentally friendly UV-induced free-radical …