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13-04-2021 | Original Research

Ionic liquid infused starch-cellulose derivative based quasi-solid dye-sensitized solar cell: exploiting the rheological properties of natural polymers

Authors: Vidhya Selvanathan, Rosiyah Yahya, Md Shahiduzzaman, Mohd. Hafidz Ruslan, Ghulam Muhammad, Nowshad Amin, Md. Akhtaruzzaman

Published in: Cellulose | Issue 9/2021

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Starch and cellulose have long been used in various industrial applications as gelating agents. In this work, the intrinsic adhesive properties of these biopolymers are exploited for application as electrolytes in DSSC. Firstly, potato starch was chemically modified into phthaloyl starch in a facile esterification process. Fabrication of polymer electrolyte with phthaloyl starch (PhSt) and hydroxyethyl cellulose (HEC) incorporated with dimethylformamide and tetrapropylammonium iodide produced homogeneous gels with diminished crystallinity. Infusion of different weight percentages of 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium iodide (BMII) into the gels were revealed to further suppress polymer crystallinity and elevate ionic conductivity. Rheological analysis revealed that addition of up to 6 wt% of ionic liquid aid in elevating the rigidity, strength and tackiness of the gels. The improved adhesiveness of the gels can be correlated to effective reduction of interfacial resistance and restraining of recombination reactions based on electrochemical impedance spectroscopy. Quasi-solid DSSC fabricated with PhSt-HEC with 8 wt% of BMII exhibited enhanced short-circuit current density, J_SC and fill factor, contributing to an optimized efficiency of 5.20%.

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Title: Ionic liquid infused starch-cellulose derivative based quasi-solid dye-sensitized solar cell: exploiting the rheological properties of natural polymers
Authors: Vidhya Selvanathan
Rosiyah Yahya
Md Shahiduzzaman
Mohd. Hafidz Ruslan
Ghulam Muhammad
Nowshad Amin
Md. Akhtaruzzaman
Publication date: 13-04-2021
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Published in: Cellulose / Issue 9/2021
Print ISSN: 0969-0239
Electronic ISSN: 1572-882X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10570-021-03854-2

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