Electrochimica Acta

Synthesis of a novel alkylimidazolium iodide containing an amide group for electrolyte of dye-sensitized solar cells

SH Jeon, ARS Priya, EJ Kang, KJ Kim

Index: Jeon, Seung-Hwan; Priya, A.R. Sathiya; Kang, Eun-Ji; Kim, Kang-Jin Electrochimica Acta, 2010 , vol. 55, # 20 p. 5652 - 5658

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Abstract

A novel alkylimidazolium iodide containing an amide group, 1-(2-hexanamidoethyl)-3- methylimidazol-3-ium iodide (amido-ImI), was synthesized to act as the quasi-solid-state electrolyte of dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). The DSSC with the amido-ImI electrolyte exhibited short-circuit photocurrent density (Jsc) and overall energy conversion efficiency (η) that were improved by 7.2% and 10.2%, respectively, compared to those obtained with the ...