Journal article
Synthesis and integration of poly(1-vinylimidazole) polymer electrolyte in dye sensitized solar cells by initiated chemical vapor deposition
Chemical engineering science, v 154, pp 136-142
02 Nov 2016
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Abstract
Initiated chemical vapor deposition (iCVD) is used to integrate poly(1-vinylimidazole) (PVIZ) into the mesoporous photoanode of dye sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). To our knowledge, this is the first reported demonstration of PVIZ via iCVD as a novel polymer electrolyte in DSSCs. Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) verified the iCVD polymer as stoichiometric PVIZ. Polymer deposition rate was found to increase with increasing reactor pressure and decreasing substrate temperature. The kinetic studies further determined that the surface polymerization reaction is first order with respect to the surface monomer concentration. The power conversion efficiency of DSSCs incorporating crosslinked PVIZ was found to be 27% higher than that of liquid electrolyte DSSCs as a result of higher open circuit voltage and short circuit current. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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- Title
- Synthesis and integration of poly(1-vinylimidazole) polymer electrolyte in dye sensitized solar cells by initiated chemical vapor deposition
- Creators
- Austin G. Kuba - Drexel UniversityYuriy Y. Smolin - Drexel UniversityMasoud Soroush - Drexel UniversityKenneth K. S. Lau - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- Chemical engineering science, v 154, pp 136-142
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Number of pages
- 7
- Grant note
- 1236180 / Directorate For Engineering; National Science Foundation (NSF); NSF - Directorate for Engineering (ENG) CBET-0846245 / NSF; National Science Foundation (NSF) CBET-1236180 / U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF); National Science Foundation (NSF)
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Chemical and Biological Engineering
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000384873600016
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84969941501
- Other Identifier
- 991019168534504721
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