Exploring the effect of novel N-butyl-6-methylquinolinium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide ionic liquid addition to poly(methyl methacrylate-co-methacrylic) acid electrolyte system as employed in gel-state dye sensitized solar cells

With the aim of replacing liquid electrolytes in dye sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) due to the evident issues the system has, we have prepared and optimized gel polymer electrolytes (GPEs) consisting of poly(methyl methacrylate-co-methacrylic) acid, P(MMA-co-MAA), sodium iodide (NaI), iodine (I2), e...

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Main Authors: Sundararajan, V., Selvaraj, G., Ng, H.M., Ramesh, S., Ramesh, K., Wilfred, C.D., Bashir, S.
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spelling utp-eprints.194642018-04-20T05:58:58Z Exploring the effect of novel N-butyl-6-methylquinolinium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide ionic liquid addition to poly(methyl methacrylate-co-methacrylic) acid electrolyte system as employed in gel-state dye sensitized solar cells Sundararajan, V. Selvaraj, G. Ng, H.M. Ramesh, S. Ramesh, K. Wilfred, C.D. Bashir, S. With the aim of replacing liquid electrolytes in dye sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) due to the evident issues the system has, we have prepared and optimized gel polymer electrolytes (GPEs) consisting of poly(methyl methacrylate-co-methacrylic) acid, P(MMA-co-MAA), sodium iodide (NaI), iodine (I2), ethylene carbonate (EC), propylene carbonate (PC) with a novel lab-made ionic liquid N-butyl-6-methylquinolinium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide C4mquinNTf2. Synthesized via metathesis following an alkylation, the quinolinium based ionic liquid has a yield of 87%. The highest ionic conductivity obtained for this system is 2.26 × 10−3 S cm−1 at room temperature for the GPE at 25 wt.% of C4mquinNTf2. XRD and FTIR studies have been done to confirm the formation of complexes of the materials. With a standard DSSC arrangement of glass/FTO/TiO2/N719dye/electrolyte/Pt/FTO/glass, the co-polymer based conducting electrolyte displayed power conversion efficiency of 5.67% with a maximum short circuit current density (Jsc) of 15.32 mA cm−2, open circuit voltage (Voc) of 0.62 V and fill factor of 59% at 25 wt.% of C4mquinNTf2 under AM 1.5 (100 mW cm−2) illumination. The Nyquist plot and Bode plot studies have been done in order to understand the electrochemical properties of the GPE based DSSCs. © 2017 Elsevier Ltd Elsevier Ltd 2017 Article PeerReviewed https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85018475319&doi=10.1016%2fj.electacta.2017.04.097&partnerID=40&md5=67f1bf438be202380c5db6feea10e6d9 Sundararajan, V. and Selvaraj, G. and Ng, H.M. and Ramesh, S. and Ramesh, K. and Wilfred, C.D. and Bashir, S. (2017) Exploring the effect of novel N-butyl-6-methylquinolinium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide ionic liquid addition to poly(methyl methacrylate-co-methacrylic) acid electrolyte system as employed in gel-state dye sensitized solar cells. Electrochimica Acta, 240 . pp. 361-370. http://eprints.utp.edu.my/19464/
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description With the aim of replacing liquid electrolytes in dye sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) due to the evident issues the system has, we have prepared and optimized gel polymer electrolytes (GPEs) consisting of poly(methyl methacrylate-co-methacrylic) acid, P(MMA-co-MAA), sodium iodide (NaI), iodine (I2), ethylene carbonate (EC), propylene carbonate (PC) with a novel lab-made ionic liquid N-butyl-6-methylquinolinium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide C4mquinNTf2. Synthesized via metathesis following an alkylation, the quinolinium based ionic liquid has a yield of 87%. The highest ionic conductivity obtained for this system is 2.26 × 10−3 S cm−1 at room temperature for the GPE at 25 wt.% of C4mquinNTf2. XRD and FTIR studies have been done to confirm the formation of complexes of the materials. With a standard DSSC arrangement of glass/FTO/TiO2/N719dye/electrolyte/Pt/FTO/glass, the co-polymer based conducting electrolyte displayed power conversion efficiency of 5.67% with a maximum short circuit current density (Jsc) of 15.32 mA cm−2, open circuit voltage (Voc) of 0.62 V and fill factor of 59% at 25 wt.% of C4mquinNTf2 under AM 1.5 (100 mW cm−2) illumination. The Nyquist plot and Bode plot studies have been done in order to understand the electrochemical properties of the GPE based DSSCs. © 2017 Elsevier Ltd
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author Sundararajan, V.
Selvaraj, G.
Ng, H.M.
Ramesh, S.
Ramesh, K.
Wilfred, C.D.
Bashir, S.
spellingShingle Sundararajan, V.
Selvaraj, G.
Ng, H.M.
Ramesh, S.
Ramesh, K.
Wilfred, C.D.
Bashir, S.
Exploring the effect of novel N-butyl-6-methylquinolinium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide ionic liquid addition to poly(methyl methacrylate-co-methacrylic) acid electrolyte system as employed in gel-state dye sensitized solar cells
author_sort Sundararajan, V.
title Exploring the effect of novel N-butyl-6-methylquinolinium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide ionic liquid addition to poly(methyl methacrylate-co-methacrylic) acid electrolyte system as employed in gel-state dye sensitized solar cells
title_short Exploring the effect of novel N-butyl-6-methylquinolinium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide ionic liquid addition to poly(methyl methacrylate-co-methacrylic) acid electrolyte system as employed in gel-state dye sensitized solar cells
title_full Exploring the effect of novel N-butyl-6-methylquinolinium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide ionic liquid addition to poly(methyl methacrylate-co-methacrylic) acid electrolyte system as employed in gel-state dye sensitized solar cells
title_fullStr Exploring the effect of novel N-butyl-6-methylquinolinium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide ionic liquid addition to poly(methyl methacrylate-co-methacrylic) acid electrolyte system as employed in gel-state dye sensitized solar cells
title_full_unstemmed Exploring the effect of novel N-butyl-6-methylquinolinium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide ionic liquid addition to poly(methyl methacrylate-co-methacrylic) acid electrolyte system as employed in gel-state dye sensitized solar cells
title_sort exploring the effect of novel n-butyl-6-methylquinolinium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide ionic liquid addition to poly(methyl methacrylate-co-methacrylic) acid electrolyte system as employed in gel-state dye sensitized solar cells
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