Industrial sheet metals for nanocrystalline dye-sensitized solar cell structures

被引:107
作者
Toivola, Minna [1 ]
Ahlskog, Fredrik [1 ]
Lund, Peter [1 ]
机构
[1] Helsinki Univ Technol, Lab Adv Energy Syst, Dept Engn Phys & Math, FIN-02015 Helsinki, Finland
关键词
dye-sensitized solar cell; metal substrate; counter-electrode;
D O I
10.1016/j.solmat.2006.05.002
中图分类号
TE [石油、天然气工业]; TK [能源与动力工程];
学科分类号
0807 ; 0820 ;
摘要
Direct integration of dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSC) onto industrial sheet metals has been studied. The stability of the metals, including zinc-coated and plain carbon steel, stainless steel and copper in a standard iodine electrolyte was investigated with soaking and encapsulation tests. Stainless and carbon steel showed sufficient stability and were used as the cell counter-electrodes, yielding cells with energy conversion efficiencies of 3.6% and 3.1%, respectively. A DSSC built on flexible steel substrates is a promising approach especially from the viewpoint of large-scale, cost-effective industrial manufacturing of the cells. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:2881 / 2893
页数:13
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