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Sol-Gel Derived Nitrogen-Doped TiO2 Photoanodes for Highly Efficient Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

  • Kim, Sang Gyun;Ju, Myung Jong;Choi, In Taek;Choi, Won Seok;Kim, Hwan Kyu
    • Rapid Communication in Photoscience
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    • v.3 no.1
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    • pp.20-24
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    • 2014
  • N-doped anatase $TiO_2$ nanoparticles were prepared by the sol-gel process followed by a hydrothermal treatment and successfully used as the photoanodes in organic dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). As expected, the power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 8.44% was obtained for the NKX2677/HC-A-sensitized DSSC based on the 30 mol% N-doped $TiO_2$ photoanode, which was an improvement of 23% relative to that of the DSSC based on the NKX2677/DCA.

Highly Flexible Dye-sensitized Solar Cell Prepared on Single Metal Mesh

  • Yun, Min Ju;Cha, Seung I.;Seo, Seon Hee;Lee, Dong Y.
    • Current Photovoltaic Research
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    • v.2 no.3
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    • pp.79-83
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    • 2014
  • Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) are applied in the emerging fields of building integrated photovoltaic and electronics integrated photovoltaic like small portable power sources as demands are increased with characteristic advantages. Highly flexible dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) prepared on single stainless steel mesh were proposed in this paper. Single mesh DSSCs structure utilizing the spraying the chopped glass paper on the surface treated stainless steel mesh for integrating the space element and the electrode components, counter electrode component and photoelectrode component were coated on each side of the single mesh. The fabricated single mesh DSSCs showed the energy-conversion efficiency 0.50% which show highly bendable ability. The new single mesh DSSCs may have potential applications as highly bendable solar cells to overcome the limitations of TCO-based DSSCs.

Synthesis and Applications of Dicationic Iodide Materials for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

  • Nam, Heejin;Ko, Yohan;Kunnan, Sakeerali C.;Choi, Nam-Soon;Jun, Yongseok
    • Journal of Electrochemical Science and Technology
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    • v.10 no.2
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    • pp.214-222
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    • 2019
  • Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) have been receiving growing attentions as a potential alternative to order photovoltaic devices due to their high efficiency and low manufacturing cost. DSSCs are composed of a photosensitizing dye adsorbed on a mesoporous film of nanocrystalline $TiO_2$ as a photoelectrode, an electrolyte containing triiodide/iodide redox couple, and a platinized counter electrode. To improve photovoltaic properties of DSSCs, new dicationic salts based on ionic liquids were synthesized. Quite comparable efficiencies were obtained from electrolytes with new dicationic iodide salts. The best cell performance of 7.96% was obtained with dicationic salt of PBDMIDI.

A study of the light scattering effect depending on $TiO_2$ particle size to a dye-sensitized solar cell (염료감응형 태양전지의 $TiO_2$ 입자 크기에 따른 광분산 효과 연구)

  • Son, Min-Kyu;Seo, Hyun-Woong;Lee, Kyoung-Jun;Jang, Jin-Ju;Hong, Ji-Tae;Kim, Hee-Je
    • 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2008.10a
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    • pp.128-130
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    • 2008
  • One of methods to increase the efficiency of a dye-sensitized solar cell(DSC) is the effective usage of the incident light. It can be controlled by using a light scattering layer. The light scattering effect makes that the optical path length of incident light to DSC increases. And then, the photocurrent and the efficiency is increased because of the increase of dye adsorption and the abundant amount of the light. In this study, we apply the light scattering layer to DSC by using two $TiO_2$ pastes that have different particle sizes. As a result, the photocurrent increases and the total efficiency is also increases in the case of using large-sized $TiO_2$ particle as the light scattering layer.

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Comparison of transparent conductive indium tin oxide, titanium-doped indium oxide, and fluorine-doped tin oxide films for dye-sensitized solar cell application

  • Kwak, Dong-Joo;Moon, Byung-Ho;Lee, Don-Kyu;Park, Cha-Soo;Sung, Youl-Moon
    • Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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    • v.6 no.5
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    • pp.684-687
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    • 2011
  • In this study, we investigate the photovoltaic performance of transparent conductive indium tin oxide (ITO), titanium-doped indium oxide (ITiO), and fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO) films. ITO and ITiO films are prepared by radio frequency magnetron sputtering on soda-lime glass substrate at $300^{\circ}C$, and the FTO film used is a commercial product. We measure the X-ray diffraction patterns, AFM micrographs, transmittance, sheet resistances after heat treatment, and transparent conductive characteristics of each film. The value of electrical resistivity and optical transmittance of the ITiO films was $4.15{\times}10^{-4}\;{\Omega}-cm$. The near-infrared ray transmittance of ITiO is the highest for wavelengths over 1,000 nm, which can increase dye sensitization compared to ITO and FTO. The photoconversion efficiency (${\eta}$) of the dye-sensitized solar cell (DSC) sample using ITiO was 5.64%, whereas it was 2.73% and 6.47% for DSC samples with ITO and FTO, respectively, both at 100 mW/$cm^2$ light intensity.