Electrolyte in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Part B: Solid Electrolytes

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Department of Organic Colorants, Institute for Color Science and Technology

Abstract

Solid and quasi-solid electrolytes are an interesting technology for increasing of fastness of dye-sensitized solar cells. There are four main kinds of quasi solid electrolytes as thermoplastic polymers, thermosetting polymer, composites and ionic liquid polymers. Solis state electrolytes are including ionic conductors materials, inorganic hole-transfer materials and organic hole-transfer materials. The optimization of materials requires complete introduction thus, the aim of this article is introduce and describe the components of the solids electrolyte including materials and components. Finally, some brief outlook and performance of the liquid electrolytes are presented.

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