The quest and demand for clean and economical energy sources have increased interest in the development of solar applications. DSSCs have proved to be an alternative approach to the conventional silicon based solar cells. Research on DSSCs has grown rapidly in the recent years due to the several attractive figures of this interesting field: The […]

A simple fabrication procedure of making DSSC modules is parallel connection. According to this structure small cells in the form of long stripes are connected in parallel. Fig. 8. (a) W-Module (b) Z-Module DSSC (Seo et al., 2009) In this structure parallel grids utilizing conductive fingers to collect current are printed on the two electrodes […]

It also concerns a series connection of the cells while inner-connections are avoided. Unlike the z-module and monolith module that are manufactured in the same direction to the adjacent cell, the W-module secures a structure that are in an opposite direction of the adjacent cell. Hence, it does not require direct wiring or bus electrode […]

The monolith modules have similar structure to amorphous silicon modules that are currently used in the market. Monolith modules use a single sheet of conductive glass (FTO) where successive layers of TiO2 are formed on the substrate. Prior films deposition the glass is scribed by a laser in order to isolate one cell from the […]

While many research groups investigate the working principles of DSSCs and new developments have been achieved concerning their efficiency and large scale applications, new companies founded in the meanwhile try to carry DSSC technology in market place evaluating all process steps are needed for industrial production. Experimental results for small size solar cells cannot directly […]

The counter electrode is one of the most important components in the dye-sensitized solar cell. The major role of the counter electrode in addition to the cell finalization is the reduction of the redox species used as a mediator in regenerating the sensitizer after electron injection, or collection of the holes from the hole conducting […]

In some cases the very viscous ionic liquids but in most cases the composite organic/inorganic materials are referred as quasi-solid electrolytes. Nanocomposite organic/inorganic materials are constituted of two interpenetrating subphases which are mixed in nanoscale. The organic subphase is usually consisted of few surfactants or polyether chains and the inorganic subphase is made of an […]

When it is referred the use of solid electrolytes it is generally accepted that people mean the use of p-type semiconducting materials either organic or inorganic. In the case of organic materials the most popular is spiro-MeOTAD which initially proposed by Gratzel and co­workers (Kruger et al., 2002). The recorded efficiency was about 4% while […]