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Manufacture of dye-sensitized nano solar cells and their I-V curve measurements

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Abstract

The article presents a manufacturing process and their I-V curves measurements of the dye-sensitized nano solar cells (DSSCs). The constituents of the produced DSSCs are the photoelectrode, the dyes, the electrolyte, and the counter electrode. In process the constituents are prepared for assembling individually. Four pieces of slight glass spacers around the cell edges are sandwiched between the photoelectrode and the counter electrode to build a gap. The gap is then filled in the liquid electrolyte, which is finished by mixing 0.5M KI and 0.05M I2 in solvent with ethylenecarbonate and propylenecarbonate in a 1 : 9 volume ratio. An instrument for measurements of photoelectric conversion efficiency and a scanning absorption spectrum analyzer, which used a metal halide lamp as the light source due to its better fitted spectrum with the solar spectrum on purple and blue fields, are built in this work.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAdvanced Manufacture
Subtitle of host publicationFocusing on New and Emerging Technologies - Selected, peer Reviewed Papers from the 2007 International Conference on Advanced Manufacture
PublisherTrans Tech Publications Ltd
Pages324-330
Number of pages7
ISBN (Electronic)9780878493609
DOIs
StatePublished - 2008
Event2007 SME International Conference on Advanced Manufacture, SME ICAM 2007 - Tainan, Taiwan
Duration: 26 Nov 200828 Nov 2008

Publication series

NameMaterials Science Forum
Volume594
ISSN (Print)0255-5476
ISSN (Electronic)1662-9752

Conference

Conference2007 SME International Conference on Advanced Manufacture, SME ICAM 2007
Country/TerritoryTaiwan
CityTainan
Period26/11/0828/11/08

Keywords

  • Counter electrode
  • DSSC
  • Dye-sensitized nano solar cell
  • Photoelectrode
  • Scanning absorption spectrum analyzer

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