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http://dx.doi.org/10.5370/KIEE.2010.59.3.588

Effects of the Sputtering Thickness and the Incident Angle of Pt Film Deposition as a Counter Electrode for Dye-sensitized Solar Cells  

Kim, Hee-Je (부산대학 전자전기공학과)
Yeo, Tae-Bin (부산대학 전자전기공학과)
Park, Sung-Joon (한국 수력원자력 연구원)
Kim, Whi-Young (동주대학 의료기공학과)
Seo, Hyun-Woong (부산대학 전자전기공학과)
Son, Min-Kyu (부산대학 전자전기공학과)
Chae, Won-Yong (부산대학 전자전기공학과)
Lee, Kyoung-Jun (부산대학 전자전기공학과)
Publication Information
The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers / v.59, no.3, 2010 , pp. 588-593 More about this Journal
Abstract
Sputter deposition on a Pt counter electrode was studied using radio frequency (RF) plasma as the improvement of incident photon to current conversion efficiency (IPCE) for dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs). Effects of the sputtering thickness and the incident angle on a Pt counter electrode for DSCs were investigated. Experiments to get the optimal sputtering time for the performance of the DSCs were carried out. And it is found that the optimized sputtering time was 120 seconds, in addition, the incident angles of the substrate was adjusted from $0^{\circ}$ to $60^{\circ}$. The maximum efficiency of 5.37% was obtained at the incident angle of $40^{\circ}$ with an active cell area of $1cm^2$.
Keywords
Pt Counter electrode; Sputtering thickness and incident angle; RF magnetron plasma; Dye-sensitized solar cell;
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