Carrier collectors for dye-sensitized solar cells

Won Jae Lee; Easwaramoorthi Ramasamy; Dong Yoon Lee; Bok Ki Min; Jae Sung Song

doi:10.1117/12.638708

18 January 2006 Carrier collectors for dye-sensitized solar cells

Won Jae Lee, Easwaramoorthi Ramasamy, Dong Yoon Lee, Bok Ki Min, Jae Sung Song

Proceedings Volume 6038, Photonics: Design, Technology, and Packaging II; 60381U (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.638708
Event: Microelectronics, MEMS, and Nanotechnology, 2005, Brisbane, Australia

Abstract

Upscaling the dye sensitized solar cell (DSSC) is a key issue that confronting the entry of this type cells in commercial market. Performance of large size DSSCs is always poor than small size cells because of high resistive losses associated with sheet resistance of conducting glass substrates. Here we show a simple method to reduce resistive loss, also, efficient collection of photo generated carriers through silver current collectors which are prepared on both working electrode and counter electrode substrates by screen printing method in analogy to conventional silicon solar cells. For long-term stability, to protect corrosion and to avoid charge recombination, silver current collectors were laminated by surlyn sheet. Using these substrates, DSSCs were prepared and their I-V characteristics have been studied as a function of light intensity and compared with normal cells which don't have silver carrier collectors.

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Won Jae Lee, Easwaramoorthi Ramasamy, Dong Yoon Lee, Bok Ki Min, and Jae Sung Song "Carrier collectors for dye-sensitized solar cells", Proc. SPIE 6038, Photonics: Design, Technology, and Packaging II, 60381U (18 January 2006); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.638708

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