Improvements of photocurrent by using modified SiO2 in the poly(ether urethane)/poly(ethylene oxide) polymer electrolyte for all-solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells

Abstract

Nanocomposite polymer electrolytes containing poly(ether urethane) (PEUR)/poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO)/modified SiO(2) were prepared for all-solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells with a high efficiency of 4.86% and an active area of 0.25 cm(2) under AM1.5 conditions at 100 mW cm(-2) irradiation.