Ambient temperature plastic crystal electrolyte for efficient, all-solid-state dye-sensitized solar cell

Peng Wang; Qing Dai; Shaik M Zakeeruddin; Maria Forsyth; Douglas R Macfarlane; Michael Grätzel

doi:10.1021/ja045013h

Ambient temperature plastic crystal electrolyte for efficient, all-solid-state dye-sensitized solar cell

J Am Chem Soc. 2004 Oct 27;126(42):13590-1. doi: 10.1021/ja045013h.

Authors

Peng Wang¹, Qing Dai, Shaik M Zakeeruddin, Maria Forsyth, Douglas R Macfarlane, Michael Grätzel

Affiliation

¹ Laboratory for Photonics and Interfaces, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, CH 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland.

PMID: 15493896
DOI: 10.1021/ja045013h

Abstract

Doping the molecular plastic crystal of succinonitrile with solid N-methyl-N-butylpyrrolidinium iodide salt and iodine has produced a highly conductive solid iodide/triiodide conductor. Furthermore, it was employed for a highly efficient, all-solid-state dye-sensitized solar cell.