Anomalous Increase in Photocurrent Density for Quasi-solid Dye Sensitized Solar Cells by Addition of Tetra(bromomethyl)benzene

Anomalous phenomena on gel electrolytes for quasi-dye sensitized solar cells are reported. Performances for gel electrolytes usually decrease with an increase in the amount of gelators. When tetra(bromomethyl)benzene providing three dimensional ionomer gel electrolytes is used, photocurrents increase with an increase in the amount of the gelator. This may be explained partially by decrease in interfacial resistances between gel electrolytes and electrodes.