A new method to make dye-sensitized nanocrystalline solar cells at room temperature

By H. Lindström, A. Holmberg, Eva Magnusson, L. Malmqvist, A. Hagfeldt. 2001

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This paper describes a new method for manufacturing a nanostructured porous layer of a semiconductor material at room temperature. The porous layer is pressed on a conducting glass or plastic substrate for use in a dye-sensitized nanocrystalline solar cell. The method compresses the particle layer to form a mechanically stable, electrically conducting, porous nanostructured film. Overall, solar to electric conversion efficiencies of up to 5.2% at 0.1 sun using plastic substrates have been obtained.

Subfields: Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

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Review of materials and manufacturing options for large area flexible dye solar cells (2011, methodology): “Carbon suspensions have also been deposited on plastic subtrate with doctor blading [61,77] and spraying [80] followed by n both cases pressing to improve the contacts between the paricles (c.”
Review of Recent Progress in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells (2007, methodology): “[23] demonstrated a mechanically compressed nanostructured TiO2 layer on a plastic film yielding a fill factor of 47% and a conversion efficiency of 3.”