Solid-State Ionic Liquid Based Electrolytes for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

摘要: The increasing global need for energy coupled with the depletion of easily accessible, hence cheap, fossil fuel reserves, poses a serious threat to human economy in near future [1]. Considering addition harmful ecological impact conventional sources, it becomes obvious that development clean alternative sources is neces‐ sity [2, 3]. Best renewable options must rely on reliable input onto earth. Since sun our only external source, harnessing its energy, which clean, non-hazardous and infinite, satisfies main objectives all strategies. Mastering conversion sunlight electricity or nonfossil like hydrogen without any doubt most promising solution challenge. It remarkable mere 10 min solar irradiation Earth’s surface equal total yearly consumption [4]. Therefore, power considered be one best sustaina‐ ble energies generations. To date photovoltaics has been dominated by solid-state junction devices, usually silicon, crystalline amorphous, profiting from experi‐ ence materials availability resulting semiconductor industry. However, ex‐ pensive energy-intensive high-temperature high-vacuum processes needed silicon based cells. dominance photovoltatic field such kind inorganic devices now being challenged emergence third generation cell interpenetrating network structures, as dye-sensitized cells (DSSCs) [5].