Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell for Building-Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) Applications

One of the important research directions in the field of photovoltaics is integration with construction. The integration of solar cell systems with a building can reduce installation costs and help optimize the used space. One of the interesting types of cells is dye-sensitized solar cells. In addition to their interesting properties, they also have aesthetic value. In the classic arrangement, they are constructed using glass with a transparent conductive layer (TCL). This article describes replacing a classic glass counter electrode with an electrode based on a ceramic tile and nickel foil. This solution makes it possible to expand their construction applications. The advantage of this solution is full integration with construction while simultaneously generating electricity. A dye-sensitized solar cell was built layer-by-layer on ceramic tile and nickel foil. An atomization method was used to deposit fluorine-doped tin oxide, and then a screen printing method was used to deposit a platinum layer. The electrical parameters of the manufactured DSSCs with and without a counter electrode tile were characterized by measuring their current-voltage characteristics under standard AM 1.5 radiation. A dye-sensitized solar cell integrated with ceramic tiles and nickel foil was produced and displayed an efficiency of over 4%.

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Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell for Building-Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) Applications

Materials ◽

10.3390/ma14133743 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 14 (13) ◽

pp. 3743

Author(s):

Marek Szindler ◽

Magdalena Szindler ◽

Aleksandra Drygała ◽

Krzysztof Lukaszkowicz ◽

Paulina Kaim ◽

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Keyword(s):

Thin Film ◽

Solar Cells ◽

Solar Cell ◽

Ceramic Tile ◽

Counter Electrode ◽

Dye Sensitized Solar Cells ◽

Nickel Foil ◽

Dye Sensitized Solar Cell ◽

Dye Sensitized ◽

Catalytic Material

One of the important research directions in the field of photovoltaics is integration with construction. The integration of solar cell systems with a building can reduce installation costs and help optimize the used space. Among the few literature reports on photovoltaic roof tiles, solutions with silicon and thin film solar cells dominate. An interesting solution may be the application of dye-sensitized solar cells. In addition to their interesting properties, they also have aesthetic value. In the classic arrangement, they are constructed using glass with a transparent conductive layer (TCL). This article describes replacing a classic glass counter electrode with an electrode based on a ceramic tile and nickel foil. First, a continuous and homogeneous fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO) thin film was developed so that the above-mentioned substrate could be applied. The atomization method was used for this purpose. Then, nanocolloidal platinum paste was deposited as a catalytic material using the screen printing method. The electrical parameters of the manufactured DSSCs with and without a counter electrode tile were characterized by measuring their current–voltage characteristics under standard AM 1.5 radiation. A dye-sensitized solar cell integrated with ceramic tiles and nickel foil was produced and displayed an efficiency of over 4%. This solution makes it possible to expand their construction applications. The advantage of this solution is full integration with construction, while simultaneously generating electricity. A dye-sensitized solar cell was built layer-by-layer on a ceramic tile and nickel foil.

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PEDOT:PSS assisted preparation of a graphene/nickel cobalt oxide hybrid counter electrode to serve in efficient dye-sensitized solar cells

RSC Advances ◽

10.1039/c5ra18526b ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 5 (121) ◽

pp. 100159-100168 ◽

Cited By ~ 13

Author(s):

Gentian Yue ◽

Guang Yang ◽

Fumin Li ◽

Jihuai Wu

Keyword(s):

Solar Cells ◽

Solar Cell ◽

Counter Electrode ◽

Photovoltaic Performance ◽

Dye Sensitized Solar Cells ◽

Dye Sensitized Solar Cell ◽

Dye Sensitized ◽

Nickel Cobalt ◽

Nickel Cobalt Oxide ◽

Sensitized Solar Cells

A much higher photovoltaic performance of a dye-sensitized solar cell with a (P-A) Gr/NiCo2O4 counter electrode is achieved than that of a Pt configuration device.

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Highly flexible, conductive and catalytic Pt networks as transparent counter electrodes for wearable dye-sensitized solar cells

Journal of Materials Chemistry A ◽

10.1039/c5ta05377c ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 3 (45) ◽

pp. 23028-23034 ◽

Cited By ~ 29

Author(s):

Ranran Zhou ◽

Wenxi Guo ◽

Ruomeng Yu ◽

Caofeng Pan

Keyword(s):

Solar Cells ◽

Solar Cell ◽

Counter Electrode ◽

Dye Sensitized Solar Cells ◽

Dye Sensitized Solar Cell ◽

Nanotube Arrays ◽

Counter Electrodes ◽

Dye Sensitized ◽

Sensitized Solar Cells

We present a highly flexible dye-sensitized solar cell composed of TiO2 nanotube arrays (TNARs) as the photoanode and a transparent Pt network electrode as the counter electrode (CE).

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A Comparison of the Utilization of Carbon Nanopowder and Activated Carbon as Counter Electrode for Monolithic Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells (DSSC)

Jurnal Elektronika dan Telekomunikasi ◽

10.14203/jet.v18.15-20 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 18 (1) ◽

pp. 15

Author(s):

Zaky Mubarak ◽

Natalita Maulani Nursam ◽

Shobih Shobih ◽

Jojo Hidayat ◽

Dahlang Tahir

Keyword(s):

Activated Carbon ◽

Solar Cell ◽

Counter Electrode ◽

Dye Sensitized Solar Cells ◽

Carbon Layer ◽

Layer By Layer ◽

Solar Cell Efficiency ◽

Cell Efficiency ◽

Dye Sensitized ◽

Conductive Substrate

Monolithic design is one of the most promising dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) architectures to develop, because it allows the elimination of one conductive substrate and offers the possibility for printing layer-by-layer of the materials that made up its structure. In this study, titanium dioxide-based monolithic type DSSCs were fabricated on a single fluorine-doped transparent oxide coated glass with TiO2 as photoanode and porous ZrO2 as spacer. The type of the carbon material used as the composite paste for the counter electrode was varied to see the effect on the solar cell efficiency. Four-point probes measurement revealed that the resistivity of the carbon layer synthesized using activated carbon exhibited slightly higher conductivity with a sheet resistance of 10.70 Ω/sq and 11.09 Ω/sq for activated carbon and carbon nanopowder, respectively. The efficiency of DSSC that uses activated carbon as counter electrode was higher (i.e. 0.221%) than the DSSC with carbon nanopowder (i.e. 0.005%). The better performance of DSSC with activated carbon as a counter electrode was due to its better conductivity and higher surface area compared to those of carbon nanopowder.

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Electropolymerization of Poly (2H,2/H,4H,4/H-3,3/-SpiroBi [Thieno[3,4-b][1,4]Dioxepine on Counter Electrode for Platinum-free Dye Sensitized Solar Cells

Journal of Materials Chemistry C ◽

10.1039/d1tc02712c ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Manik Chandra Sil ◽

Hong-Da Chang ◽

Jhih-Jhu Jhan ◽

Chih-Ming Chen

Keyword(s):

Solar Cells ◽

Charge Transfer ◽

Solar Cell ◽

Cost Effectiveness ◽

Counter Electrode ◽

Dye Sensitized Solar Cells ◽

Dye Sensitized Solar Cell ◽

Dye Sensitized ◽

Efficient Charge ◽

Sensitized Solar Cells

A better replacement of electrocatalytic platinum on counter electrode of dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) has received increasing attention to make a balance in between efficient charge transfer and cost effectiveness....

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Hierarchical TiO1.1Se0.9-wrapped carbon cloth as the TCO-free and Pt-free counter electrode for iodide-based and cobalt-based dye-sensitized solar cells

Journal of Materials Chemistry A ◽

10.1039/c7ta02474f ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 5 (27) ◽

pp. 14079-14091 ◽

Cited By ~ 18

Author(s):

Chun-Ting Li ◽

Chuan-Pei Lee ◽

I-Ting Chiu ◽

R. Vittal ◽

Yi-June Huang ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Solar Cells ◽

Solar Cell ◽

Counter Electrode ◽

Dye Sensitized Solar Cells ◽

Dye Sensitized Solar Cell ◽

Carbon Cloth ◽

Dye Sensitized ◽

Sensitized Solar Cells

Hierarchical, flexible, and platinum-free TiO1.1Se0.9/carbon cloth counter electrode efficiently rendered its dye-sensitized solar cell 9.47% and 10.32% efficiencies in iodide-based and cobalt-based electrolytes, respectively.

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Heteroatom tri-doped porous carbon derived from waste biomass as Pt-free counter electrode in dye-sensitized solar cells

RSC Advances ◽

10.1039/c8ra02575d ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 8 (33) ◽

pp. 18427-18433 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Pin Ma ◽

Wenli Lu ◽

Xiaoying Yan ◽

Weidan Li ◽

Li Li ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Solar Cells ◽

Solar Cell ◽

Porous Carbon ◽

Counter Electrode ◽

Dye Sensitized Solar Cells ◽

Dye Sensitized Solar Cell ◽

Waste Biomass ◽

Dye Sensitized ◽

Highly Efficient ◽

Sensitized Solar Cells

Tri-doped porous carbon derived from waste-biomass was developed for a highly efficient counter electrode in dye-sensitized solar cell with an efficiency of 7.83%.

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Catalytic Improvement on Counter Electrode of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Using Electrospun Pt Nano-Fibers

Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology ◽

10.1166/jnn.2016.12294 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 16 (4) ◽

pp. 3332-3337 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Hyunwoong Seo ◽

Masaharu Shiratani ◽

Kannanut Seneekatima ◽

Rojana Pornprasertsuk

Keyword(s):

Solar Cell ◽

Counter Electrode ◽

Dye Sensitized Solar Cells ◽

Morphological Characteristics ◽

Dye Sensitized Solar Cell ◽

Photovoltaic Properties ◽

Catalytic Activation ◽

Dye Sensitized ◽

Catalytic Materials ◽

Nano Fiber

A dye-sensitized solar cell is one of cost-competitive photovoltaic devices. For higher performance, all components have been actively studied and improved. However, Pt is still a dominant catalyst since first development although some catalytic materials were studied so far. Catalytic materials of counter electrode play an important role in the performance because it supplies electrons from counter electrode to electrolyte. Therefore, the catalytic activation of counter electrode is closely connected with the performance enhancement. In this work, Pt nano-fiber was fabricated by electrospinning and applied for the counter electrode. Its wide surface area is advantageous for good conductivity and catalytic activation. Morphological characteristics of nano-fibers were analyzed according to electrospinning conditions. Photovoltaic properties, cyclic voltammetry, impedance analysis verified the catalytic activation. Consequently, dye-sensitized solar cell with Pt nano-fiber electrospun at 5.0 kV of applied voltage had higher performance than conventional dye-sensitized solar cell with Pt thin film. This work is significant for related researches because all nano-fibers counter electrode material proposed so far never exceeded the performance of conventional Pt counter electrode.

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Fully printable transparent monolithic solid-state dye-sensitized solar cell with mesoscopic indium tin oxide counter electrode

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics ◽

10.1039/c4cp02354d ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 16 (33) ◽

pp. 17743-17747 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Ying Yang ◽

Kwangho Ri ◽

Yaoguang Rong ◽

Linfeng Liu ◽

Tongfa Liu ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Solar Cell ◽

Solid State ◽

Tin Oxide ◽

Indium Tin Oxide ◽

Counter Electrode ◽

Dye Sensitized Solar Cell ◽

Layer By Layer ◽

Insulating Layer ◽

Dye Sensitized ◽

Single Substrate

We present a new transparent monolithic mesoscopic solid-state dye-sensitized solar cell based on trilamellar films of mesoscopic TiO2 nanocrystalline photoanode, a ZrO2 insulating layer and an indium tin oxide counter electrode, which were screen-printed layer by layer on a single substrate.

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