Development of nanostructures and organic dyes for efficient dye-sensitized solar cells

Author

Wu, Chung-Chih ; Tsai, Chih-Hung ; Huang, Tsung-Wei ; Hsu, Sui-Ying ; Tsai, Yu-Tang ; Jhang, Yuan Hsuan ; Hsieh, Lun ; Lin, Li-Yen ; Chen, Chia-Hung ; Chou, Shu-Hua ; Wong, Ken-Tsung

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Nat. Taiwan Univ., Taipei, Taiwan

fYear

2011

fDate

4-8 July 2011

Firstpage

347

Lastpage

348

Abstract

Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) are emerging as one promising solar cell technology. A DSSC consists of transparent conductive substrate, a nano-porous TiO₂ nanoparticle photoelectrode, dye, electrolyte, and a counter electrode, which are all crucial on overall cell efficiency. This paper will focus on development of nanostructures for various parts of the devices and novel organic dyes for efficient DSSCs.

Keywords

dyes; electrodes; electrolytes; nanoparticles; nanoporous materials; solar cells; titanium compounds; TiO₂; counter electrode; efficient dye-sensitized solar cells; electrolyte; nanoporous titania nanoparticle photoelectrode; nanostructures; organic dyes; overall cell efficiency; solar cell technology; transparent conductive substrate; Decision support systems; Impedance; Nanoparticles; Spectroscopy; Surface impedance; Wavelength measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Opto-Electronics and Communications Conference (OECC), 2011 16th

Conference_Location

Kaohsiung

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-288-2

Electronic_ISBN

978-986-02-8974-9

Type

conf

Filename

6015157