Our novel invention of (c) cells overcome the problems associated with DSCs based on quasi-solid state gel polymer electrolytes as well as those based on usual less viscous liquid electrolytes.
These nanofibre membrane electrolytes were used to fabricate quasi-solid state (gel) DSSCs and the performance of these solar cells were compared with DSSCs fabricated with liquid electrolyte (KI PC I2) and conventional PAN based gel electrolyte (PAN KI PC I2).
In this work a quasi-solid state (gel) electrolyte has been formed by incorporating a liquid electrolyte made with KI dissolved in ethylene carbonate (EC) and propylene carbonate (PC) co-solvent in poly (vinylidene fluoride-hexafluoropropylene) (PVdF-HFP) co-polymer nanofiber membrane prepared by electrospinning.
Gentilini et al. [17] showed that the structural disorder due to the porous solid-state gel has a significant effect onto the generation of optical shock waves.
Further, the tandem configuration of flexible solid state ion gel based PEDOT MSCs is employed to demonstrate it as a power source for glowing a red light emitting diode.
The maximum energy density of solid state ion gel based PEDOT MSCs was found to be 7.7 mW h/cm3, which is comparable to the lithium based thin film batteries and superior to the current state-of-the-art carbon and metal oxide based MSCs.
Obtained structural parameters of both solid state and sol-gel synthesized ferrites La1−x Sm x FeO3 agree well and prove the formation of continuous solid solution in LaFeO3 SmFeO3 pseudo-binary system.
Moreover, the ionic conductivity of LLT garnets could be influenced by the preparation techniques (solid state reaction or sol-gel techniques) and processing conditions including the temperature of calcinations and sintering steps [1-11].
The conductivity value of the SPS-875 nanoceramics in the present work is similar to the values reported previously for conventionally sintered LLT samples prepared either by solid state reaction or sol-gel techniques and sintered at 950°C and 900°C, respectively [1,11].
Many methods have been reported to synthesize Li3Fe2(PO4)3 nanostructures such as hydrothermal [13, 14], gel combustion [15], solid state [16 19], solution with the use of citric acid [20], sol-gel [21], ultrasonic spray combustion [22], and ion exchange with molten salt [23, 24].
