Hybrid ferroelectric discotic liquid crystal solar cell

Abstract

The present invention provides a hybrid ferroelectric discotic liquid crystal solar cell by incorporating an electrolyte composition for improving power conversion efficiency of the solar cell. The hybrid ferroelectric (FE) discotic liquid crystal solar cell comprises a first layer of n-type inorganic semiconductor deposited on conductive fluorine doped tin oxide (FTO) glass plate 101, a second thin layer of light absorbing inorganic sensitizer 103; wherein the inorganic sensitizer strained titania FTO glass-plate acts as a photo anode, a third layer of ferroelectric discotic liquid crystal electrolyte 104 applied between the photo anode and a photo cathode and a fourth layer of reflective platinum deposited FTO glass-plate 105 configured to act as the photo cathode. The ferroelectric discotic liquid crystal electrolyte composition comprises of an achiral HAT6 discotic molecule (2,3,6,7,10,11-Hexakis-hexyloxy triphenylene) and at least two additives, wherein the additives includes tertiary butyl pyridine (t-bPy) and lithium bis(trifluoromethylsulphonyl)imide Li[CF3SO2]2N.

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