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Nano Research 2021, 14(8): 2728-2734 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-020-3278-7
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Highly efficient and stable solid-state fiber dye-sensitized solar cells with Ag-decorated SiO2 nanoparticles

Show Author's Information Jae Ho Kim1,§,  Seok-Ju Yoo1,§,  Daseul Lee1,  Jin Woo Choi1,  Sang-Cheol Han2,  Tae In Ryu3,  Hyung Woo Lee4( ),  Myunghun Shin5( ),  Myungkwan Song1( )
Materials Center for Energy Convergence, Korea Institute of Materials Science (KIMS), 797, Changwon-daero, Sungsan-gu, Changwon, Gyeongsangnam-do, 51508, Republic of Korea
CEN Nano. Co. Ltd., Nano Convergence Center, Muan-ro, Buduk-myeon, Miryang-si, Gyeongsangnam-do, 50404, Republic of Korea
Accident Coordination and Training Division, National Institute of Chemical Safety (NICS), 90, Gajeongbuk-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 34114, Republic of Korea
Department of Nanoenergy Engineering and Research Center of Energy Convergence Technology, Pusan National University, Busandaehak-ro 63-2, Geumjeong-gu, Busan 46241, Republic of Korea
School of Electronics and Information Engineering, Korea Aerospace University, Goyang-city, Gyeonggi-do, 10540, Republic of Korea

§ Jae Ho Kim and Seok-Ju Yoo contributed equally to this work.

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dye-sensitized solar cells, fiber-shaped solar cells, SiO2 nanoparticles, plasmonic effect, solid-state electrolyte
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Kim JH, Yoo S-J, Lee D, et al. Highly efficient and stable solid-state fiber dye-sensitized solar cells with Ag-decorated SiO2 nanoparticles. Nano Research, 2021, 14(8): 2728-2734. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-020-3278-7
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Fiber-shaped dye-sensitized solar cells (FDSSCs) represent promising futuristic flexible or wearable power sources, owing to their simple fabrication process, light weight, weavability, and wearability. Along with strategies on changing the properties of semiconductor materials, the effects of incorporating silver-embedded SiO2 nanoparticles (Ag@SiO2 NPs) on the photoanodes of solid-state FDSSCs (SS-FDSSCs) are investigated. The power conversion efficiency (PCE) of SS-FDSSCs with Ag@SiO2 NPs reaches 5.38%, which is comparable to the reference (3.98%). The PCEs remain at 95% between -16.9 and 91.7 °C, indicating the operational stability of SS-FDSSCs within this temperature range. The fabricated SS-FDSSCs, whose radii were 2 mm, maintains more than 90% of their efficiency over 500 bending cycles and 10 washing cycles.


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Highly efficient and stable solid-state fiber dye-sensitized solar cells with Ag-decorated SiO2 nanoparticles

Show Author's information Jae Ho Kim1,§, Seok-Ju Yoo1,§, Daseul Lee1, Jin Woo Choi1, Sang-Cheol Han2, Tae In Ryu3, Hyung Woo Lee4( ), Myunghun Shin5( ), Myungkwan Song1( )
Materials Center for Energy Convergence, Korea Institute of Materials Science (KIMS), 797, Changwon-daero, Sungsan-gu, Changwon, Gyeongsangnam-do, 51508, Republic of Korea
CEN Nano. Co. Ltd., Nano Convergence Center, Muan-ro, Buduk-myeon, Miryang-si, Gyeongsangnam-do, 50404, Republic of Korea
Accident Coordination and Training Division, National Institute of Chemical Safety (NICS), 90, Gajeongbuk-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 34114, Republic of Korea
Department of Nanoenergy Engineering and Research Center of Energy Convergence Technology, Pusan National University, Busandaehak-ro 63-2, Geumjeong-gu, Busan 46241, Republic of Korea
School of Electronics and Information Engineering, Korea Aerospace University, Goyang-city, Gyeonggi-do, 10540, Republic of Korea

§ Jae Ho Kim and Seok-Ju Yoo contributed equally to this work.

Abstract

Fiber-shaped dye-sensitized solar cells (FDSSCs) represent promising futuristic flexible or wearable power sources, owing to their simple fabrication process, light weight, weavability, and wearability. Along with strategies on changing the properties of semiconductor materials, the effects of incorporating silver-embedded SiO2 nanoparticles (Ag@SiO2 NPs) on the photoanodes of solid-state FDSSCs (SS-FDSSCs) are investigated. The power conversion efficiency (PCE) of SS-FDSSCs with Ag@SiO2 NPs reaches 5.38%, which is comparable to the reference (3.98%). The PCEs remain at 95% between -16.9 and 91.7 °C, indicating the operational stability of SS-FDSSCs within this temperature range. The fabricated SS-FDSSCs, whose radii were 2 mm, maintains more than 90% of their efficiency over 500 bending cycles and 10 washing cycles.

Keywords: dye-sensitized solar cells, fiber-shaped solar cells, SiO2 nanoparticles, plasmonic effect, solid-state electrolyte

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Received: 30 August 2020
Revised: 30 November 2020
Accepted: 02 December 2020
Published: 02 January 2021
Issue date: August 2021

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Acknowledgements

Jae Ho Kim, Seok-Ju Yoo contributed equally to this work. This research was supported by the Fundamental Research Program (PNK 6670) of the Korea Institute of Materials Science (KIMS) and by the Creative Materials Discovery Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by Ministry of Science and ICT (No. NRF-2019M3D1A1067389). We would like to thank Editage (www.Editage.co.kr) for English language editing.

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