Self-assembled liquid crystalline nanotemplates and their incorporation in dye-sensitised solar cells

• Main Authors: Kamarudin, M.A., Khan, A.A., Williams, C., Rughoobur, G., Said, Suhana Mohd, Nosheen, S., Flewitt, A.J., Qasim, M.M., Wilkinson, T.D.
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier 2016
• Subjects: TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/17685/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2016.11.021

Liquid junction dye-sensitised solar cells (DSSCs) suffer from solvent evaporation and leakage which limit their large-scale production. Here, we have prepared DSSC using a simple and cheap fabrication process with improved photovoltaic parameters and stability. A binary mixture of Smectic A (SmA) a...