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Screen-Printed Dye-Sensitized Large Area Nanocrystalline Solar Cell

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2011

T.K. Gupta ,
L.J. Cirignano ,
K.S. Shah ,
L.P. Moy ,
D.J. Kelly ,
M.R. Squillante ,
G. Entine  and
G.P. Smestad
T.K. Gupta
Affiliation:
Radiation Monitoring Devices (RMD), Watertown, Massachusetts 02472
L.J. Cirignano
Affiliation:
Radiation Monitoring Devices (RMD), Watertown, Massachusetts 02472
K.S. Shah
Affiliation:
Radiation Monitoring Devices (RMD), Watertown, Massachusetts 02472
L.P. Moy
Affiliation:
Radiation Monitoring Devices (RMD), Watertown, Massachusetts 02472
D.J. Kelly
Affiliation:
Radiation Monitoring Devices (RMD), Watertown, Massachusetts 02472
M.R. Squillante
Affiliation:
Radiation Monitoring Devices (RMD), Watertown, Massachusetts 02472
G. Entine
Affiliation:
Radiation Monitoring Devices (RMD), Watertown, Massachusetts 02472
G.P. Smestad
Affiliation:
Sol Ideas Technology Development, Pacific Grove, CA
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Abstract

The fabrication and testing of screen printed dye-sensitized large solar cell (15 cm × 15 cm) based on nanocrystalline TiO2 is described. It is the largest photo-electrochemical (PEC) cell that is based on the dye sensitization of thin (8-18 μm) films of TiO2 nanoparticles in contact with a non-aqueous liquid electrolyte. The cell has the potential to be a low cost, commercial, environmentally friendly, photovoltaic option. Surface as well as electrical characterization, of the nanostructured PEC cells have been performed. The efficiency of these large commercial cells are compared to the laboratory-made small PEC cells. Key words: Photoelectrochemical, solar cells, nanocrystalline, dye-sensitized

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 581: Symposium F – Nanophase & Nanocomposite Materials II , 1999 , 653
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 2000

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