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Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) have attracted intense scientific interest due to their low cost, environmentally friendly operation, and relatively high efficiency. In particular, solidstate fiber dye-sensitized solar cells (SS-FDSSCs) have attracted significant attention for their potential applications in portable, flexible, and wearable electronics. However, the use of general DSSCs in these applications is limited by their highly leaksusceptible volatile liquid electrolytes. Therefore, the development of a highly efficient and stable solid-state electrolyte in SS-FDSSCs is a research challenge. Hence, the present letter describes the development of a highly conductive and stable structure on a hybrid-based LiTFSI electrolyte with 4-hydroxy-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidin-1-oxyl (TEMPOL) that has high catalytic oxidant characteristics. After device optimization, the power conversion efficiency (PCE) with the TEMPOL p-toluenesulfonate (TpTS)based SS-FDSSCs was 6.16%, which is comparable to that of the reference device (i.e., 4.21%). Moreover, the SS-FDSSCs devices with TpTS retained greater than 92% of their efficiency over 500 bending cycles and 10 washing cycles.

Fiber-shaped solar cells (FSCs) with flexibility, wearability, and wearability have emerged as a topic of intensive interest and development in recent years. Although the development of this material is still in its early stages, bacteriophage-metallic nanostructures, which exhibit prominent localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) properties, are one such material that has been utilized to further improve the power conversion efficiency (PCE) of solar cells. This study confirmed that fiber-shaped dye-sensitized solar cells (FDSSCs) enhanced by silver nanoparticles-embedded M13 bacteriophage (Ag@M13) can be developed as solar cell devices with better PCE than the solar cells without them. The PCE of FDSSCs was improved by adding the Ag@M13 into an iodine species (I−/I3−) based electrolyte, which is used for redox couple reactions. The optimized Ag@M13 enhanced FDSSC showed a PCE of up to 5.80%, which was improved by 16.7% compared to that of the reference device with 4.97%.