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Dye Sensitized Solar Cells Incorporating Polyelectrolyte Multilayer Composites

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Dye sensitized solar cells (DSSC's) are constructed using TiO2 electrodes synthesized by aqueous liquid phase deposition in combination with microcontact printing techniques or porous thin film template methods. Layer-by-layer deposition of polyelectrolytes is used to produce an ionic conducting solid-state electrolyte thin film, which is enhanced by post-processing in oligoethylene glycol diacid (OEGDA). The impact of TiO2 film architecture, as well as the thin film electrolyte, on device performance is discussed.

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Acknowledgments

We gratefully acknowledge Dr. Youn Sang Kim for aid in the SEM studies, Prof. Michael Rubner for helpful discussions, the Office of Naval Research Polymers Program for funding, the use of the facilities of the MIT Center for Materials Science and Engineering, and MRSEC program of the National Science Foundation, and the visiting scientist program of JSR Corporation.

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    Geoffrey M. Lowman, Hiroaki Tokuhisa, Jodie L. Lutkenhaus & Paula T. Hammond

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Lowman, G.M., Tokuhisa, H., Lutkenhaus, J.L. et al. Dye Sensitized Solar Cells Incorporating Polyelectrolyte Multilayer Composites. MRS Online Proceedings Library 836, L1.5 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1557/PROC-836-L1.5

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