Development of Electrode Materials for Porphyrin Based p-Type Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

• Main Authors: Te-Wei, Hsu, 徐得維
• Other Authors: Ming-Yu, Kuo
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2014
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/41129379344520831768

碩士 === 國立暨南國際大學 === 應用化學系 === 102 === In this study, we try to manufacture p-type dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSC) with NiO and CuGaO2 as photocathode. Porphyrin based R1-PE1 dye is used as sensitizer in the solar cell. Two different processes, namely screen-printing and doctor-blade, are investigated for electrode fabrication in DSSC. It is shown that doctor-blade technique is advantageous due to smoother surface formation of the electrode. A high efficiency of 0.008% is achieved for NiO embedded DSSC. The efficiency could be further improved to 0.010% by optimizing dye loading through increasing dye soaking time. According to our best knowledge, this is the best efficiency achieved in R1-PE1 based DSSC with NiO as photocathode. CuGaO2 based DSSC is also investigated and a brief review is presented in this thesis.