A large-area light-weight dye-sensitized solar cell based on all titanium substrates with an efficiency of 6.69% outdoors

Adv Mater. 2012 Apr 10;24(14):1884-8. doi: 10.1002/adma.201200003. Epub 2012 Mar 7.

Abstract

Light-weight PEDOT-Pt/Ti mesh and Ti/TiO(2) foil electrodes are prepared. Owing to the PEDOT-Pt/Ti photocathode's high transparency, good electrocatalytic activity, and low resistance; the Ti/TiO(2) anode's large specific area and high conductivity, a light-weight backside illuminated large-area (100 cm(2) ) dye-sensitized solar cell achieves an energy conversion efficiency of 6.69% under an outdoors sunlight irradiation of 55 mW cm(-2) .

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Bridged Bicyclo Compounds, Heterocyclic / chemistry
  • Catalysis
  • Coloring Agents / chemistry*
  • Electrochemical Techniques
  • Electrodes
  • Platinum / chemistry
  • Polymers / chemistry
  • Solar Energy*
  • Titanium / chemistry*

Substances

  • Bridged Bicyclo Compounds, Heterocyclic
  • Coloring Agents
  • Polymers
  • poly(3,4-ethylene dioxythiophene)
  • titanium dioxide
  • Platinum
  • Titanium