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Transparent Conductive Oxide Less Flexible Dye-sensitized Solar Cells with Flat and Cylinder Shapes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 January 2013

Jun Usagawa
Affiliation:
Kyushu Institute of Technology, 2-4, Hibikino, Wakamatsu-ku, Kitakyushu808-0196Japan
Byung-wook Park
Affiliation:
Kyushu Institute of Technology, 2-4, Hibikino, Wakamatsu-ku, Kitakyushu808-0196Japan
Yuhei Ogomi
Affiliation:
Kyushu Institute of Technology, 2-4, Hibikino, Wakamatsu-ku, Kitakyushu808-0196Japan
Shyam S. Pandey
Affiliation:
Kyushu Institute of Technology, 2-4, Hibikino, Wakamatsu-ku, Kitakyushu808-0196Japan
Shuzi Hayase
Affiliation:
Kyushu Institute of Technology, 2-4, Hibikino, Wakamatsu-ku, Kitakyushu808-0196Japan
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Abstract

Transparent conductive oxide less flexible dye-sensitized solar cells (TCO-less DSC) with flat and cylinder shapes are reported. The cell consists of a plastic cover, a flexible titania/dye sheet back contacted with a metal mesh sheet, a gel electrolyte sheet, and Pt layer on a Ti sheet. How to increase the efficiency were discussed. We concluded that making a titania/dye layer on a metal mesh sheet thinner and using a thinner electrolyte layer were effective for increasing the efficiency. A flat TCO-less DSC with 6.1 % efficiency and a cylindrical TCO-less DSC with 5.1 % efficiency are reported.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2012

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