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. 2021 Jun 14;9(25):8550–8560. doi: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.1c01882

Table 2. PCE and Rd (Measured by Means of EIS) Values of Complete DSSC Devices, Ionic Conductivity (σ) Values of the Polymer Electrolyte Membranes Measured at 25 °C, and X Parameter for All Lignin-Based Membranesa.

  PCE [%] Rd [Ω] σ [10–4 S cm–1] Χ [S·10–3]
LM_0.5 0.60 ± 0.05 36.7 1.05 1.71
LM_0.7 1.00 ± 0.20 20.7 1.24 2.90
LM_1 1.50 ± 0.15 27.4 1.71 3.71
LM_2 1.13 ± 0.05 41.4 1.59 1.86
a

X=ṽ·φPEGDGE/ERd where is the volume fraction of the solid membrane in the swollen material, φPEGDGE is the volume fraction of PEGDGE in the membrane, ERd = Rd·FSCvol is the effective ionic diffusion resistance.