Studies of high-efficient and low-cost dye-sensitized solar cells

doi:10.1007/s12200-011-0201-6

Front Optoelec Chin

2011, Vol. 4

Issue (1) : 103-107 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12200-011-0201-6

RESEARCH ARTICLE

Studies of high-efficient and low-cost dye-sensitized solar cells

Qingqing MIAO, Mingxing WU, Wei GUO, Tingli MA(

)

State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China

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Abstract

Dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) is a new type of photoelectric device. To commercialize DSSC successfully, it is necessary to further improve the efficiency of energy conversion and reduce its cost. Nitrogen-doped (N-doped) TiO₂ photoanode, the carbon counter electrode (CE), and a new type of hybrid photoanode were investigated in this study. The conversion efficiency of the DSSC reached by 10.10% as the DSSC was fabricated with the N-doped photoanode, and this efficiency is much higher than that of the undoped-DSSC with 8.90%; as the low-cost carbon was used as CE, the efficiency of the DSSC was 7.50%, it was as samilar as that of Pt CE (7.47%); the hybrid DSSC with multilayer photoanode by the film-transfer technique achieved a panchromatic response and a superposed short circuit current density (J_SC) by using two complementary dyes.

Keywords high-efficiency dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) hybrid nitrogen-doped (N-doped) TiO₂ carbon counter electrode (CE)

Corresponding Author(s): MA Tingli,Email:tinglima@dlut.edu.cn

Issue Date: 05 March 2011

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Qingqing MIAO,Mingxing WU,Wei GUO, et al. Studies of high-efficient and low-cost dye-sensitized solar cells[J]. Front Optoelec Chin, 2011, 4(1): 103-107.

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Fig.1 UV-Vis absorption spectra of AP, ZnPc, hybrid of AP/ZnPc absorbed onto the TiO films

Tab.1 Performance of the DSSCs based on N-doped and undoped TiO electrodes

Fig.2 TEM images of the well-ordered Com. (a) Top view; (b) cross-section

Fig.3 - curves for DSSCs using the four kinds of CEs and the Pt electrode

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