Flexible transparent conductive oxide-less flat and cylinder dye-sensitized solar cells

Jun Usagawa; Takeshi Kogo; Kengo Sadamasu; Shyam Pandey; Yuhei Ogomi; Shuzi Hayase

doi:10.1117/1.JPE.2.021011

17 May 2012 Flexible transparent conductive oxide-less flat and cylinder dye-sensitized solar cells

Jun Usagawa, Takeshi Kogo, Kengo Sadamasu, Shyam Pandey, Yuhei Ogomi, Shuzi Hayase

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Journal of Photonics for Energy, Vol. 2, Issue 1, 021011 (May 2012). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JPE.2.021011

Abstract

Fabrication and photovoltaic performances for flexible transparent conductive oxide-less (TCO-less) flat and cylinder dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs) are reported. The cylinder solar cell consists of a porous silicone tube, a protected stainless steel metal mesh (protected SUS mesh) working as a counter electrode, a gel electrolyte sheet, a dye/porous titania layer fabricated on a protected SUS mesh working as a anode, and a thermally shrinkable plastic tube, from the inside to the outside. The thermally shrinkable tube was used to reduce the gap between a cathode and an anode. In addition, a porous silicone tube was used for injecting electrolytes smoothly into the gel electrolyte layer. 5.08% efficiency (FF: 0.68; Voc: 0.68 V; Jsc: 11.07 mA/cm²) was observed. A flexible TCO-less flat DSCs with 6.1% efficiency which was improved by narrowing a gap between two electrodes is also reported.

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Jun Usagawa, Takeshi Kogo, Kengo Sadamasu, Shyam Pandey, Yuhei Ogomi, and Shuzi Hayase "Flexible transparent conductive oxide-less flat and cylinder dye-sensitized solar cells," Journal of Photonics for Energy 2(1), 021011 (17 May 2012). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JPE.2.021011

Published: 17 May 2012

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