Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Yazd University, Yazd 89195-741, Iran
10.7508/jns.2014.01.005
Abstract
New kinds of hydroquinone derivatives were synthesized and along with a azo dye applied as additives in the iodide/iodine redox electrolyte for dye-sensitized solar cells and their effect on the short-circuit photocurrent of dye sensitized solar cells was investigated. Addition of 0.05 M a hydroquinone derivative in the electrolyte comprising 0.5 M 1-methyl-3-propylimidazolium iodide (MPII) and 0.05 M I2 in a mixture of acetonitrile and valeronitrile (volume ratio, 85:15) enhanced significantly photocurrent density from 11.1 to 12.8 mA/cm2, and voltage increased from 0.66 to 0.68 V. As a result, overall conversion efficiency increased from 4.4% to 4.8%, corresponding to increment of 10.9%.
Mazloum Ardakani, M., Dehghani Firouzabadi, A., Benvidi, A., Fatemeh Mirjalili, B. B., & Zare, R. (2014). Effect of Hydroquinone Dderivatives in Electrolytes on Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell Performance. Journal of Nanostructures, 4(1), 37-44. doi: 10.7508/jns.2014.01.005
MLA
M. Mazloum Ardakani; A. Dehghani Firouzabadi; A. Benvidi; B. B Fatemeh Mirjalili; R. Zare. "Effect of Hydroquinone Dderivatives in Electrolytes on Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell Performance". Journal of Nanostructures, 4, 1, 2014, 37-44. doi: 10.7508/jns.2014.01.005
HARVARD
Mazloum Ardakani, M., Dehghani Firouzabadi, A., Benvidi, A., Fatemeh Mirjalili, B. B., Zare, R. (2014). 'Effect of Hydroquinone Dderivatives in Electrolytes on Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell Performance', Journal of Nanostructures, 4(1), pp. 37-44. doi: 10.7508/jns.2014.01.005
VANCOUVER
Mazloum Ardakani, M., Dehghani Firouzabadi, A., Benvidi, A., Fatemeh Mirjalili, B. B., Zare, R. Effect of Hydroquinone Dderivatives in Electrolytes on Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell Performance. Journal of Nanostructures, 2014; 4(1): 37-44. doi: 10.7508/jns.2014.01.005
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