Fabrications and Photovoltaic Properties of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells with Electrospun Poly(vinyl alcohol) Nanofibers Containing Ag Nanoparticles

Sung-Hae Park; Hyung-Ju Choi; Su-Bin Lee; Seung-Min Lee; Sang-Eun Cho; Ki-Hyun Kim; Young-Keun Kim; Mi-Ra Kim; Jin-Kook Lee

Macromolecular Research, Vol.19, No.2, 142-146, February, 2011

DOI10.1007/s13233-011-0212-6 Export Citation

Fabrications and Photovoltaic Properties of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells with Electrospun Poly(vinyl alcohol) Nanofibers Containing Ag Nanoparticles

Sung-Hae Park¹, Hyung-Ju Choi¹, Su-Bin Lee¹, Seung-Min Lee¹, Sang-Eun Cho¹, Ki-Hyun Kim¹, Young-Keun Kim^{1, 2}, Mi-Ra Kim^{1, †}, and Jin-Kook Lee^{1, †}

¹Department of Polymer Science & Engineering, Pusan National University, Busan, 609-735, Korea
²Solchem Ltd., Busan, 609-735, Korea

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Poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) nanofibers were prepared by an electrospinning method using a PVA solution containing silver nitrate (AgNO3) to improve the photovoltaic properties of dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSC). The electrospun PVA nanofibers containing AgNO3 were irradiated with UV light at 310~380 nm and Ag nanoparticles were generated in their nanofibers. In the DSSC devices using the electrospun PVA/Ag nanofibers, the Jsc, Voc, FF, and η showed the values of 11.9~12.5 mA/cm2, 0.70~0.71 V, 0.55~0.59, and 4.73~4.99%, respectively. When the electrospun PVA/Ag (1 wt%) nanofibers were used in the DSSC device, the power conversion efficiency showed a maximum value of 4.99%, which is higher than that of DSSC using electrospun PVA nanofibers without Ag nanoparticles.

Keywords:dye-sensitized solar cells;electrospinning method;poly(vinyl alcohol);polymer nanofiber.

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[Referenced By]

[1] Formhals A, US Patent 1,975,504 (1934).

[2] Hong SH, Lee SA, Nam JD, Lee YK, Kim TS, Won S, Macromol. Res., 16(3), 204 (2008)

[3] Shin EH, Cho KS, Seo MH, Kim H, Macromol. Res., 16(4), 314 (2008)

[4] Fang X, Reneker DH, J. Macromol. Sci.-Phys., 36, 169 (1997)

[5] Fong H, Chun I, Reneker DH, Polymer, 40(16), 4585 (1999)

[6] Fong H, Reneker DH, J. Polym. Sci. B: Polym. Phys., 37(24), 3488 (1999)

[7] Demir MM, Yilgor I, Yilgor E, Erman B, Polymer, 42, 3303 (2002)

[8] Reneker DH, Kataphinan W, Theron A, Zussman E, Yarin AL, Polymer, 43(25), 6785 (2002)

[9] Kim JR, Choi SW, Jo SM, Lee WS, Kim BC, J. Electrochem. Soc., 152(2), A295 (2005)

[10] Liu HQ, Hsieh YL, J. Polym. Sci. B: Polym. Phys., 41(9), 953 (2003)

[11] Wakefield G, Holland E, Dobson PJ, Hutchison JL, Adv. Mater., 13(20), 1557 (2001)

[12] Park SH, Kim JU, Lee SY, Lee WK, Lee JK, Kim MR, J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol., 8, 4889 (2008)

[13] O'Regan B, Gratzel M, Nature, 353, 737 (1991)

[14] Kroon JM, Bakker NJ, Smit HJP, Liska P, Thampi KR, Gratzel M, Prog. Photovolt: Res. Appl., 15, 1 (2007)

[15] Shim HJ, Kim DW, Lee C, Kang Y, Suh DH, Macromol. Res., 16(5), 424 (2008)

[16] Vijayakumar G, Lee MJ, Song M, Jin SH, Lee JW, Lee CW, Gal YS, Shim HJ, Kang Y, Lee GW, Kim K, Park NG, Kim S, Macromol. Res., 17(12), 963 (2009)

[17] Shao C, Kim HY, Gong J, Ding B, Lee DR, Park SJ, Mater. Lett., 57, 1579 (2003)

[18] Rujitanaroj PO, Pimpha N, Supaphol P, Polymer, 49(21), 4723 (2008)

[19] Jin WJ, Jeon HJ, Kim JH, Youk JH, Synth. Met., 157, 454 (2007)