A New Type of Electrolyte with a Light‐Trapping Scheme for High‐Efficiency Quasi‐Solid‐State Dye‐Sensitized Solar Cells

Abstract

The nematic liquid crystal, 4-cyano-4′-n-heptyloxybiphenyl, is not only used to solidify a liquid electrolyte but also as a light-trapping material for quasi-solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). The existence of a light-trapping scheme in a quasi-solid-state electrolyte would increase the optical path length of the incident light and consequently the light-harvesting efficiency, which benefits IPCE and the photocurrent of the DSSC. Detailed facts of importance to specialist readers are published as ”Supporting Information”. Such documents are peer-reviewed, but not copy-edited or typeset. They are made available as submitted by the authors. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.