A Review on Gel Polymer Electrolytes for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

Prasad Raut; Vinay Kishnani; Kunal Mondal; Ankur Gupta; Sadhan C. Jana

doi:10.3390/mi13050680

A Review on Gel Polymer Electrolytes for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

Prasad Raut, Vinay Kishnani, Kunal Mondal, Ankur Gupta, Sadhan C. Jana

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Abstract

Significant growth has been observed in the research domain of dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) due to the simplicity in its manufacturing, low cost, and high-energy conversion efficiency. The electrolytes in DSSCs play an important role in determining the photovoltaic performance of the DSSCs, e.g., volatile liquid electrolytes suffer from poor thermal stability. Although low volatility liquid electrolytes and solid polymer electrolytes circumvent the stability issues, gel polymer electrolytes with high ionic conductivity and enduring stability are stimulating substitutes for liquid electrolytes in DSSC. In this review paper, the advantages of gel polymer electrolytes (GPEs) are discussed along with other types of electrolytes, e.g., solid polymer electrolytes and p-type semiconductor-based electrolytes. The benefits of incorporating ionic liquids into GPEs are highlighted in conjunction with the factors that affect the ionic conductivity of GPEs. The strategies on the improvement of the properties of DSSCs based on GPE are also presented.

Original language	English
Article number	680
Journal	Micromachines
Volume	13
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/mi13050680
State	Published - May 2022
Externally published	Yes

Funding

Ankur Gupta wishes to acknowledge IIT Jodhpur for providing the research seed grant (I/SEED/AKG/20190022). Kunal Mondal gratefully acknowledges the Department of Energy and Environment Science and Technology at the Idaho National Laboratory, USA, for their support. Acknowledgments: Ankur Gupta wishes to acknowledge IIT Jodhpur for providing the research seed grant (I/SEED/AKG/20190022). Kunal Mondal gratefully acknowledges the Department of Energy and Environment Science and Technology at the Idaho National Laboratory, USA, for their support.

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Department of Energy and Environment Science and Technology
Idaho National Laboratory
Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur	I/SEED/AKG/20190022

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DSSC
liquid electrolytes
solar cells

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