Development of flexible dye sensitized solar cells with high power conversion efficiency

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24760245
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Electronic materials/Electric materials
• Research Institution: Kitami Institute of Technology
• Principal Investigator: KIM Kyung Ho 北見工業大学, 工学部, 助教 (70608471)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 色素増感太陽電池 / 有機太陽電池 / 酸化物

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this project, it is an object to develop a dye-sensitized solar cells on flexible substrate with high conversion efficiency. It was introduced an ultra-thin zinc oxide interface layer between titanium oxide and transparent conducting oxide and double layer photo-electrode using titanium oxide and zinc oxide nanorods to improve conversion efficiency of solar cells. Moreover, it was investigated the current density-voltage characteristics of dye-sensitized solar cells with new conducting polymer (PEDOT-TMA (Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)-tetramethacrylate)) compared with that of solar cells based on typical counter electrodes.

Free Research Field

太陽電池