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ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. 2017 Jun 21;9(24):20454-20466. doi: 10.1021/acsami.7b00897. Epub 2017 Jun 09.

Gel Electrolytes with Polyamidopyridine Dendron Modified Talc for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells.

ACS applied materials & interfaces

Marcos A Santana Andrade, Armi Tiihonen, Kati Miettunen, Peter Lund, Ana F Nogueira, Heloise O Pastore

Affiliations

  1. Department of Applied Physics, New Energy Technologies Group , P.O. Box 15100, FIN-00076 Aalto, Finland.

PMID: 28574246 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b00897

Abstract

Organic-inorganic hybrid layered materials are proposed as additives in a quasi-solid gel electrolyte for dye-sensitized solar cells. Talcs could provide a low-cost and environmentally friendly, as well as abundant, option as gelators. Here, talcs were prepared by functionalizing an organotalc with three polyamidopyridine dendron generations, PAMPy-talc-Gn (n = 1, 2 and 3). PAMPy dendrons grow parallel to the lamellae plane and form an organized structure by intermolecular interactions. In addition, polyiodide-dendron charge-transfer complexes were prepared onto the organotalc by adsorption of iodine. In this work, the effect of the dendron generation of PAMPy-talc and the influence of polyiodide intercalation on solar cell performance and stability were investigated. The best results were reached with the use of lowest-generation PAMPy-talc (η = 4.5 ± 0.3%, V

Keywords: dendron; dye-sensitized solar cells; gel electrolyte; organotalc; polyiodide

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