Photovoltaic and thermal properties of electrolytes based on electrospun poly(vinylidene fluoride-hexafluoro propylene)/poly(methyl methacrylate) nanofibers for dye-sensitized solar cells

J Nanosci Nanotechnol. 2014 Aug;14(8):6238-42. doi: 10.1166/jnn.2014.8466.

Abstract

We prepared electrospun polymer nanofibers by electrospnning method and investigated about their applications to dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). Electrospun polymer nanofibers applied to the polymer matrix in electrolyte for DSSCs. To improve the stiffness of polymer nanofiber, poly(vinylidene fluoride-hexafluoro propylene)/Poly(methyl methacrylate) (PVDF-HFP/PMMA) blend nanofibers were prepared and examined. In the electrospun PVDF-HFP/PMMA (1:1) blend nanofibers, the best results of VOC, JSC, FF, and efficiency of the DSSC devices showed 0.71 V, 12.8 mA/cm2, 0.61, and 5.56% under AM 1.5 illumination.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Coloring Agents / chemistry*
  • Electric Power Supplies*
  • Electrolytes / chemistry*
  • Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
  • Nanofibers*
  • Polymethyl Methacrylate / chemistry*
  • Polytetrafluoroethylene / analogs & derivatives*
  • Polytetrafluoroethylene / chemistry
  • Polyvinyls / chemistry*
  • Solar Energy*

Substances

  • Coloring Agents
  • Electrolytes
  • Polyvinyls
  • fluorinated ethylene propylene
  • polyvinylidene fluoride
  • Polytetrafluoroethylene
  • Polymethyl Methacrylate