Improvement of efficiency of dye-sensitized solar cells fabricated with nanostructured thin film

Author

Duh, Feng-Chyi ; Lo, Jen-Lung ; Chang, Chih-Chou

Author_Institution

Dept. of Mechatron. Eng., Ta Hwa Inst. of Technol., Hsinchu, Taiwan

fYear

2011

fDate

21-24 June 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

This study developed highly efficient dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) by the fabrication with nanostructured thin films. The photoelectric conversion efficiency of DSSC could be improved by fabricating the titanium dioxide film, anti-reflection film, Ag reflection film and scattering layers. The best efficiency of 6.5% for area of 70.92cm2 was obtained using the fabrication with nanostructured thin film. DSSCs fabricated by the proposed methods are highly efficient and can be produced at low cost.

Keywords

antireflection coatings; dyes; nanostructured materials; photoelectricity; solar cells; anti-reflection film; dye-sensitized solar cells; efficiency 6.5 percent; nanostructured thin film; photoelectric conversion efficiency; scattering layers; titanium dioxide film; Decision support systems; Films; Glass; Photovoltaic cells; Reflection; Scattering; Substrates; Ag reflection film; DSSC; anti-reflection film; scattering layers; titanium dioxide film;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nanoelectronics Conference (INEC), 2011 IEEE 4th International

Conference_Location

Tao-Yuan

ISSN

2159-3523

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0379-9

Electronic_ISBN

2159-3523

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/INEC.2011.5991775

Filename

5991775