Preventing dye aggregation with molten salts to improve solar cell performance

https://techxplore.com/news/2022-08-dye-aggregation-molten-salts-solar.html

"submerged TiO2 electrodes with dye-to-ionic-liquid proportions... optimizing synthesis procedure... DSSCs made using ionic liquid with longer molecular structure... remarkably better performance... spatially bulky molecular structure of ionic liquids... effective anti-aggregation agent without significantly impacting the amount of dye adsorbed into the electrode," explains Dr. Inomata. "Most importantly, the introduction of the larger ionic liquid improves all the photovoltaic parameters of the DSSCs"