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This study aims to determine the potential of interactive simulations of ionic liquids as electrolyte redox in dye-sensitized solar cells in building the understanding of pre-service chemistry teacher students on nature of science and technology (NOST), with aspects: (1) characteristics of science and technology; (2) the purpose of scientific and scientific research; (3) characteristics of scientific knowledge and scientific theory; (4) how to acquire scientific knowledge and scientific theory; and (5) the relationship between science and technology. This study used a descriptive method, which involved 20 students from a population of 70 students from one of the State Universities in Mataram City, Indonesia. This study used the NOST questionnaire instrument. The views on aspects of NOST are classified into Realistic, Has Merit and Naive. The result shows that the number of students with Realistic views increased and the views of has merit and naive decreased in every aspect of NOST after using interactive simulations. This shows that this interactive simulation has the potential to build an understanding of pre-service chemistry teachers about NOST. The implications of the results of this study can be used to support the learning process in NOST oriented pre-service chemistry teacher education.