Reproducible manufacturing of dye‐sensitized solar cells on a semi‐automated baseline
Citations Over TimeTop 10% of 2003 papers
Abstract
Abstract A fully operational baseline consisting of dedicated equipment to process nanocrystalline dye‐sensitized solar cell devices has been installed at ECN. This baseline focuses on the production of glass/glass devices with dimensions up to 10×10 cm 2 . Present power conversion efficiencies of 6% obtained for cell areas of 2ċ5 cm 2 are successfully translated to 100 cm 2 devices with an active area of 68 cm 2 by application of identical cell components. The power conversion efficiency with respect to total area was 4%. Processing of a large number of devices in the baseline shows good results in terms of process reliability and yield. The overall yield for a series of 27 devices (10×10 cm 2 ) was 96%, while 84% (22 of the remaining 26 devices) generated a cell efficiency within 7% deviation from the average value (4ċ3%). The reproducibility of the titanium dioxide (TiO 2 ) colloid synthesis has been investigated. The deviation from the average efficiency (4ċ9%) of three batches of colloid was at most 3ċ2%. These results prove that complete device manufacturing of nc‐DSC by a baseline process, starting with colloid synthesis is reproducible for surfaces up to 10×10 cm 2 . Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Related Papers
- → The impressive effect of eco-friendly carbon dots on improving the performance of dye-sensitized solar cells(2019)61 cited
- → Enhanced dye illumination in dye-sensitized solar cells using TiO2/GeO2photo-anodes(2014)51 cited
- → Modification of TiO2 Nanowire Arrays with Sn Doping as Photoanode for Highly Efficient Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells(2019)24 cited
- → Impact of the architecture of dye sensitized solar cell-powered electrochromic devices on their photovoltaic performance and the ability to color change(2019)21 cited
- → Effect of different titanium dioxide (TiO2) deposition layers for dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) application(2025)4 cited