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A novel gel network polymer electrolyte based on polysiloxane with internal plasticizing PEO chains was applied in fabricating solid-state dye-sensitized TiO2 photoelectrochemical cells. Ethylene carbonate (EC)/propylene carbonate (PC) and LiI/I2 were added as liquid plasticizer to improve the performance. The cells showed open circuit voltage of 0.69 V and short circuit current density of 1.7 mA cm−2 under 28 mW cm−2 white light illumination. The energy conversion efficiencies and fill factors of the cells were 2.9% and 0.72.
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Ren, Y., Zhang, Z., Gao, E. et al. A Dye-Sensitized Nanoporous TiO2 Photoelectrochemical Cell with Novel Gel Network Polymer Electrolyte. Journal of Applied Electrochemistry 31, 445–447 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1017523901804
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