摘要:
To provide a dye-sensitized solar cell with suppressed photoelectric conversion efficiency deterioration due to a gap to be possibly be generated between a transparent member on which a light is incident and the dye-sensitized solar cell components.A dye-sensitized solar cell 10 is provided with a dye-sensitized solar cell components unit 14 arranged within a cylindrical transparent member 12, the unit having an electrolyte layer, current collecting electrode 18, and porous semiconductor layer 20 carrying dye cylindrically laminated in this order centering around a cathode electrode layer 16. The cathode electrode layer 16 is a spring body, and the dye-sensitized solar cell components unit 14 is pressed to the transparent member 12 with an elastic restoring force of the spring.
摘要:
Provided is a sealing structure of a photoelectric conversion element in which the open side end section of the photoelectric conversion element can be surely and continuously sealed by a simple structure with high durability, and also the problem of insufficient sealing of the extraction electrode can be solved. A sealing structure 10 of a dye-sensitized solar cell as an example of the photoelectric conversion element is configured by a cylindrical dye-sensitized solar cell main body 12 and sealing sections 14a and 14b which respectively seal both ends of the dye-sensitized solar cell main body 12. Lid bodies 26a and 26b, each of which is formed of a conductive metal member, are respectively provided at both end sections of a transparent glass tube 16, so as to seal the dye-sensitized solar cell main body 12, and are also respectively electrically connected to a pair of electrode sections of the dye-sensitized solar cell main body 12, so as to be used as a pair of extraction electrodes.
摘要:
Provided are a squarylium dye having a carboxyindolenine structure and an N-alkyl substituent, and a photoelectric conversion element having high photoelectric conversion efficiency in a near-infrared region and a dye-sensitized solar cell, both of which are produced using the squarylium dye. The photoelectric conversion element or dye-sensitized solar cell uses a compound represented by the formula (1) as the squarylium dye. In the formula (1), R1 and R2 represent a substituted or unsubstituted C5 to C30 alkyl group; X represents C(CH3)2; and A and B represent a carboxy group.
摘要:
To provide a tandem dye-sensitized solar cell having a novel structure capable of improving the light absorption efficiency and being manufactured less expensively. A dye-sensitized solar cell 10 is configured by including, in order from the light incident side, an anode substrate 12, a first dye-carrying porous oxide semiconductor layer 14, a first electrolyte layer 16a, an electrolyte redox catalyst layer 18, a second dye-carrying porous oxide semiconductor layer 20, a porous support layer 19, a second electrolyte layer 16b, and a cathode substrate 22. The electrons extracted from a conductor layer 12b by a conductor are introduced into the cathode substrate 22, so that a battery circuit, for example, for a lighting power source is configured.
摘要:
A dye-sensitized solar cell is provided, wherein it can be produced by a relatively easy and simple process and ensures high conversion efficiency even in cases where the thickness of the porous semiconductor layer is increased. The dye-sensitized solar cell 10 includes, in the interior of or on the conductive-substrate-side surface of the porous semiconductor layer 16, conductive metal film 20, such as a film of tungsten, having a large number of randomly located penetrations 24. Penetrations 24 of the conductive metal film 20 are formed by forming a fine-particle layer on the surface of the porous semiconductor layer, forming a conductive metal film on the surface of the fine-particle layer, and making the fine-particle layer disappear by heating or solvent-cleaning.
摘要:
Provided are a squarylium dye having a carboxyindolenine structure and an N-alkyl substituent, and a photoelectric conversion element having high photoelectric conversion efficiency in a near-infrared region and a dye-sensitized solar cell, both of which are produced using the squarylium dye. The photoelectric conversion element or dye-sensitized solar cell uses a compound represented by the formula (1) as the squarylium dye. In the formula (1), R1 and R2 represent a substituted or unsubstituted C5 to C30 alkyl group; X represents C(CH3)2; and A and B represent a carboxy group.
摘要:
There is provided a tandem-type dye-sensitized solar cell having a novel structure whereby optical absorption efficiency is improved and which can be manufactured at low cost.A dye-sensitized solar cell 10 comprises an anode substrate 12, a first dye-carrying porous oxide semiconductor layer 14, an electrolytic solution layer 16a, a porous support layer 18, a second dye-carrying porous oxide semiconductor layer 20, an electrolytic solution layer 16b, and a cathode substrate 22, arranged in order from an optical incidence side. The porous support layer 18 supports an iodine redox catalyst layer 19. Electrons derived by a conductor from a conductor layer 12b are introduced to the cathode substrate 22, thereby configuring, for example, a battery circuit for lighting purposes.
摘要:
A dye-sensitized solar cell is provided, wherein it can be produced by a relatively easy and simple process and ensures high conversion efficiency even in cases where the thickness of the porous semiconductor layer is increased. The dye-sensitized solar cell 10 includes, in the interior of or on the conductive-substrate-side surface of the porous semiconductor layer 16, conductive metal film 20, such as a film of tungsten, having a large number of randomly located penetrations 24. Penetrations 24 of the conductive metal film 20 are formed by forming a fine-particle layer on the surface of the porous semiconductor layer, forming a conductive metal film on the surface of the fine-particle layer, and making the fine-particle layer disappear by heating or solvent-cleaning.
摘要:
There is provided a tandem-type dye-sensitized solar cell having a novel structure whereby optical absorption efficiency is improved and which can be manufactured at low cost.A dye-sensitized solar cell 10 comprises an anode substrate 12, a first dye-carrying porous oxide semiconductor layer 14, an electrolytic solution layer 16a, a porous support layer 18, a second dye-carrying porous oxide semiconductor layer 20, an electrolytic solution layer 16b, and a cathode substrate 22, arranged in order from an optical incidence side. The porous support layer 18 supports an iodine redox catalyst layer 19. Electrons derived by a conductor from a conductor layer 12b are introduced to the cathode substrate 22, thereby configuring, for example, a battery circuit for lighting purposes.
摘要:
To provide a dye-sensitized solar cell capable of significantly improving power extraction efficiency, and a manufacturing method of the dye-sensitized solar cell. The dye-sensitized solar cell includes a substrate, a porous semiconductor layer adsorbing a dye, a conductive metal layer, and a conductive substrate. The conductive metal layer 16 is a current collector provided on the side of the porous semiconductor layer, the side being opposite to the side on which the substrate is arranged. The conductive metal layer 16 is configured by a conductive metal section 17 made of a mesh member, and a coating section 19 formed on the conductive metal section 17. The coating section 19 is configured by an inner layer 19a and an outer layer 19b, and has a graded composition structure in which the degree of oxidization of the coating section is increased from the side of the conductive metal section 17 toward the side of the porous semiconductor layer 14. Thereby, the coating section 19 has a graded composition structure in which the thermal expansion coefficient of the coating section is reduced from the side of the conductive metal section 17 toward the side of the porous semiconductor layer 14.