Acta Phys. -Chim. Sin. ›› 2005, Vol. 21 ›› Issue (06): 697-702.doi: 10.3866/PKU.WHXB20050624

• Review • Previous Articles    

Development and Application of Electrolyte based on Ionic Liquid in Dye-sensitized Solar Cells

PAN Xu; DAI Song-yuan; WANG Kong-jia; SHI Cheng-wu; GUO Li   

  1. Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031; Department of Applied Chemistry, College of Chemical Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei  230009
  • Received:2004-11-29 Revised:2005-02-07 Published:2005-06-15
  • Contact: DAI Song-yuan E-mail:sydai@ipp.ac.cn

Abstract: The development and application of electrolyte based on ionic liquids in dye-sensitized solar cells (hereafter DSCs) were reviewed. The performances of DSCs with different ionic liquid electrolytes were compared. The solidification of ionic liquids with different types of gelators was also discussed. Finally, the application of ionic liquid electrolytes used in dye-sensitized solar cell module was introduced and the further development of ionic liquid electrolytes was predicted.

Key words: Dye-sensitized, Solar cell, Ionic liquid, Electrolyte, Gelator