Theerthagiri, J. and Senthil, R.A. and Buraidah, Mohd Hamdi and Madhavan, J. and Arof, Abdul Kariem (2015) Studies of solvent effect on the conductivity of 2-mercaptopyridine-doped solid polymer blend electrolytes and its application in dye-sensitized solar cells. Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 132 (35). p. 42489. ISSN 0021-8995, DOI https://doi.org/10.1002/app.42489.
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Solvents and electrolytes play an important role in the fabrication of dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). We have studied the poly(ethylene oxide)-poly(methyl methacrylate)-KI-I2 (PEO-PMMA-KI-I2) polymer blend electrolytes prepared with different wt % of the 2-mercaptopyridine by solution casting method. The polymer electrolyte films were characterized by the FTIR, X-ray diffraction, electrochemical impedance and dielectric studies. FTIR spectra revealed complex formation between the PEO-PMMA-KI-I2 and 2-mercaptopyrindine. Ionic conductivity data revealed that 30% 2-mercaptopyridine-doped PEO-PMMA-KI-I2 electrolyte can show higher conductivity (1.55 × 10-5 S cm-1) than the other compositions (20, 40, and 50%). The effect of solvent on the conductivity and dielectric of solid polymer electrolytes was studied for the best composition (30% 2-mercaptopyridine-doped PEO-PMMA-KI-I2) electrolyte using various organic solvents such as acetonitrile, N,N-dimethylformamide, 2-butanone, chlorobenzene, dimethylsulfoxide, and isopropanol. We found that ac-conductivity and dielectric constant are higher for the polymer electrolytes processed from N,N-dimethylformamide. This observation revealed that the conductivity of the solid polymer electrolytes is dependent on the solvent used for processing and the dielectric constant of the film. The photo-conversion efficiency of dye-sensitized solar cells fabricated using the optimized polymer electrolytes was 3.0% under an illumination of 100 mW cm-2. The study suggests that N,N-dimethylformamide is a good solvent for the polymer electrolyte processing due to higher ac-conductivity beneficial for the electrochemical device applications.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Funders: | UNSPECIFIED |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Applications; Blends; Conducting polymers; Plasticizer; Polymer electrolytes |
| Subjects: | Q Science > Q Science (General) Q Science > QC Physics |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Science > Department of Physics |
| Depositing User: | Ms. Juhaida Abd Rahim |
| Date Deposited: | 03 Oct 2018 03:56 |
| Last Modified: | 18 Mar 2019 02:05 |
| URI: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/19554 |
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