Imidazolium Iodide-Doped PEDOT Nanofibers as Conductive Catalysts for Highly Efficient Solid-State Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Employing Polymer Electrolyte
- Authors
- Kim, Tea-Yon; Wei, Wei; Lee, Tae Kyung; Kim, Byung Su; Park, Seul Chan; Lee, Sungjin; Suh, Eui Hyun; Jang, Jaeyoung; Bisquert, Juan; Kang, Yong Soo
- Issue Date
- Jan-2018
- Publisher
- AMER CHEMICAL SOC
- Keywords
- PEDOT; doping; ionic liquids; metal-free redox reduction catalysts; solid-state dye solar cells
- Citation
- ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES, v.10, no.3, pp.2537 - 2545
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SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
- Volume
- 10
- Number
- 3
- Start Page
- 2537
- End Page
- 2545
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/hanyang/handle/2021.sw.hanyang/3942
- DOI
- 10.1021/acsami.7b16017
- ISSN
- 1944-8244
- Abstract
- The electrical conductivity and catalytic activity of nanofibrous poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)s (PEDOT NFs) was improved by redoping with dimethyl imidazolium iodide (DMII) as a charge transfer facilitator. Addition of the new DMII dopant into the PEDOT NFs reduced the concentration of dodecyl sulfate anions (DS–) predoped during the polymerization process and concomitantly enhanced the doping concentration of I– by ion exchange. Redoping with DMII increased the mobility of the PEDOT NFs by up to 18-fold and improved the conductivity due to the enhanced linearization, suppressed aggregation, and improved crystallinity of the PEDOT chains. The catalytic activity was also improved, primarily due to the increase in the compatibility and the effective surface area upon replacement of sticky DS– with the more basic and smaller I– of DMII on the surface of the PEDOT NFs. The charge-transfer resistance across the interface between the poly(ethylene oxide)-based solid polymer electrolyte and PEDOT NF counter electrode (CE) was thus reduced to a large extent, giving an energy conversion efficiency (ECE) of 8.52% for solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs), which is even better than that achieved with Pt CE (8.25%). This is the highest ECE reported for solid-state DSCs with conductive polymer CEs under 1 sun conditions.
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