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A Brief Review on Low-temperature Techniques for Flexible-Dye Sensitized Photovoltaics

유연 염료감응형 광전지 저온공정법 연구개발 동향

  • Jun Hwan Jang (Department of Energy and Materials, Dongguk University) ;
  • Kicheon Yoo (Department of Energy and Materials, Dongguk University) ;
  • Hyeong Cheol Kang (Department of Energy and Materials, Dongguk University) ;
  • Jae-Joon Lee (Department of Energy and Materials, Dongguk University)
  • 장준환 (융합에너지신소재공학과, 동국대학교) ;
  • 유기천 (융합에너지신소재공학과, 동국대학교) ;
  • 강형철 (융합에너지신소재공학과, 동국대학교) ;
  • 이재준 (융합에너지신소재공학과, 동국대학교)
  • Received : 2023.02.02
  • Accepted : 2023.03.15
  • Published : 2023.03.31
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Abstract

Flexible dye sensitized photovoltaics (f-DSPVs) based on plastic substrates have attracted significant interest due to their light-weight, flexibility, and compatibility with roll-to-roll processing, as well as their potential application to ubiquitous power sources. However, f-DSPVs exhibit inferior power conversion efficiencies (PCE) compared to conventional DSPVs since the fabrication process must be conducted at a low-temperature (≤ 150℃) to prevent thermal damage of the plastic substrates, which generally results in poor interconnection between the TiO2 nanoparticles. Numerous novel low-temperature manufacturing approaches for flexible photoanode and counter electrode have been developed. In this review, current progress on low temperature strategies for f-DSPVs technology are discussed.

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본 연구는 과학기술정보통신부의 재원으로 한국연구재단의 지원을 받아 기후변화대응기술개발사업(No: NRF-2016M1A2A2940912)을 통해 수행한 과제입니다. 본 연구는 과학기술정보통신부의 지원을 받아 중견연구사업(No: 2021R1A2C2094554)을 통해 수행한 과제입니다.

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