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A Potential of Large Scale of Dye Sensitized Solar Cells using Metallic Titanium Sheet as the Substrate for Photoelectrode

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

Kinji Onoda ,
Supachai Ngamsinlapasathian ,
Takuya Fujieda  and
Susumu Yoshikawa
Kinji Onoda
Affiliation:
[email protected], Kyoto University, Institute of Advanced Energy, Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto, 611-0011, Japan, +81-774-38-3506, 81-774-38-3508
Supachai Ngamsinlapasathian
Affiliation:
[email protected], Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto, 611-0011, Japan
Takuya Fujieda
Affiliation:
[email protected], Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto, 611-0011, Japan
Susumu Yoshikawa
Affiliation:
[email protected], Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto, 611-0011, Japan
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Abstract

The photovoltaic properties of dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs) based on fluorine doped tin oxide (FTO) and Ti substrates were investigated. The sheet resistances of the substrates were correlated to the photovoltaic properties. The efficiency of the Ti substrate based DSC was higher than that of the FTO substrate based DSC, due to a high fill factor (FF). To minimize the internal resistance of the DSCs, Ti plate was used as a support for nanocrystalline TiO2, because of its low sheet resistance. As the light was absorbed by the electrolyte layer, the incident photon to current efficiency (IPCE) values decreased in the range between 400-600 nm. The electrolyte concentrations were optimized to obtain a higher cell performance. When using an electrolyte composed of 0.02 M I2, 0.2 M LiI, and 0.5 M 4-tert-butylpyridine, an efficiency of 4.98% was obtained for the Ti substrate based DSC with a short circuit current density (Jsc) of 11.25 mAcm-2, an open circuit voltage (Voc) of 0.692 V, and a FF of 0.639. The effect of the cell size on the photovoltaic properties was also investigated. The rate of decrease in a FF and efficiency with increase in the cell size was lower for the Ti substrate based DSCs than the FTO substrate based DSCs. This result indicates that Ti plate is a potential candidate for production of large DSCs.

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Tiphotovoltaicmetal
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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1013: Symposium Z – Organic and Nanoparticle Hybrid Photovoltaic Devices , 2007 , 1013-Z06-06
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2007

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