Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell by Plasma Spray Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • This paper aims to scale up Dye-sensitized Solar Cell (DSSC) production using a commonly available industrial material stainless steel - and industrial plasma equipment. A working DSSC electrode formed by (1) coating titania nanotube (TiO2 NT) film on 304 stainless steel substrate using a plasma spray technique; then, (2) filling the nano-pores of the TiO2 NT film using a TiF4 sol-gel method. A DSSC device consists of an anode absorbed photosensitive dye (N3), a transparent conductive cathode with platinum (Pt) nano-catalytic particles adhered to its surface, and an electrolytic solution sealed between the anode and the transparent conductive cathode. The photo-current conversion efficiency of the DSSC sample was tested under an AM 1.5 Solar Simulator. The sample has a short current (Isc) of 0.83 mA cm-2, open voltage (Voc) of 0.81V, filling factor (FF) of 0.52, and conversion efficiency () of 2.18% on a 0.16 cm2 DSSC work-piece.

author list (cited authors)

  • Chen, C. C., Wei, C. C., Chen, S. H., Hsieh, S. J., & Diau, W. G.

complete list of authors

  • Chen, CC||Wei, CC||Chen, SH||Hsieh, SJ||Diau, WG

publication date

  • June 2012