Efficient dye sensitized solar cell and supercapacitor using 1-ethyl 3-methyl imidazolium dicyanamide incorporated PVDF.HFP polymer matrix

Asmat Nawaz; Rehana Sharif; Hee-Woo Rhee; Pramod K. Singh

Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, Vol.33, 381-384, January, 2016

DOI10.1016/j.jiec.2015.10.035 Export Citation

Efficient dye sensitized solar cell and supercapacitor using 1-ethyl 3-methyl imidazolium dicyanamide incorporated PVDF.HFP polymer matrix

Asmat Nawaz^{1, 2, †}, Rehana Sharif², Hee-Woo Rhee³, and Pramod K. Singh^{1, 4}

¹Department of Micro and Nano Systems Technology, University College Buskerud and Vestfold, 2243, N-3103 Tonsberg, Norway
²Department of Physics, University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan
³Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Sogang University, Seoul 121742, South Korea
⁴School of Basic Sciences and Research, Sharda University, Greater Noida 201310, India

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Electrode and electrolytes are always playing a key role in developing good efficient devices. This paper reports the synthesis, characterization and application of low viscosity ionic liquid (1-ethyl 3-methyl imidazolium dicyanamide) incorporated into polymer matrix (PVDF-HFP). The samples were characterized using various experimental tools. Complex impedance spectroscopy shows that conductivity of polymer host increases with increasing ionic liquid (IL) concentration attains maxima and then decreases. Optical microscopy and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) reveals the reduction of crystalline matrix of polymer host by adding IL. The primarily fabricated devices using maximum conductivity film affirms that this material is promising candidate for dye sensitized solar cell (DSSC) and supercapacitor application.

Keywords:Ionic liquid;Solid polymer electrolyte;SEM;DSSC;Supercapacitor

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