Dye-sensitized solar cells and solar cell performance / Michael R. Travino, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Travino, Michael R.

Series:

Energy science, engineering and technology series.

Electrical engineering developments series.

Energy science, engineering and technology

Electrical engineering developments

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dye-sensitized solar cells.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (290 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hauppauge, N.Y. : Nova Science Publishers, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book presents current research in the study of dye-sensitised solar cells and solar cell performance. Topics discussed include advanced large area thin film Si solar cells; photovoltage improvement for dye-sensitised solar cells; environmental performance of photovoltaic cells; solar simulators modified to test PV cells and improving the efficiency and stability of TiO2 and ZnO cells sensitised with low-cost organic dyes.

Contents:

Intro

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS AND SOLAR CELL PERFORMANCE

CONTENTS

PREFACE

RECENT DEVELOPMENT OF ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS: MATERIALS AND DEVICE PHYSICS

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

1. LOW BANDGAP POLYMER APPROACH IN OPVS

1.1. One-dimensional Low Bandgap Polymers OPVs

1.2. Two-dimensional Low Bandgap Polymers OPVs

1.3. Molecular BHJ Cells

1.3.1. Star-shaped Oligomers

1.3.2. Dentritic Oligomers

1.3.3. HBC Based Molecular Donors

2. CONVENTIONAL ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS

2.1 High Efficient Bulk Heterojunction solar Cells with F6T2 as the Electron Donor [60]

2.2. Effect of UV-ozone Treatment on ITO and Post-annealing on the Performance of Organic Solar Cells[67]

2.3. Effect of an Ultra-thin Molybdenum Trioxide Layer and Illumination Intensity on the Performance of OPVs[73]

3. INVERTED ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS

3.1. Limits to Current Conventional OPVs

3.2. Inverted Small Molecular OPVs with LWF Metal Modified ITO as Cathode and MoO3 Modified Ag as Anode[85]

4. POSSIBLE ROUTES TOWARD IMPROVE THE EFFICIENCY OPVS

4.1. Influence of Molecular Weight and Regioregularity of P3HT in P3HT OPVs

4.2. Influence of Solvent in P3HT OPVs

4.3. Influence of PCBM Doping Concentration in P3HT OPVs

4.4. Influence of P3HT:PCBM Film Thickness in P3HT OPVs

4.5. Influence of Morphology of Active Layer in P3HT OPVs

4.6. Inorganic-Organic Hybrid Structure in P3HT OPVs

CONCLUSION

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

REFERENCES

ADVANCED LARGE AREA THIN FILM SI SOLAR CELLS

I. INTRODUCTION

II. BASIC TF SI SOLAR CELL STRUCTURE

1. PV Active Si p-i-n Layers

2. Front and Back Contacts

III. FRONT END OF LINE PROCESS

1. PECVD Growth of Si Layers

2. GROWTH OF TCO LAYERS

3. LASER SCRIBING

4. Rest of FEOL Steps.

5. Process Flow of FEOL

IV. BACK END OF LINE (BEOL) PROCESS

1. Module Fabrication

2. Bus Line Wiring and Encapsulation

V. PERFORMANCE OF SOLAR PANELS

1. Panel Size Effect V.

2. Staebler-Wronski Effect

4. Panel Performance under Real Environmental Conditions 4

PHOTOVOLTAGE IMPROVEMENT FOR DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS

1. INTRODUCTION

2. WORKING PRINCIPLE OF DSCS

3. SENSITIZER AND VOC

3.1. The Introduction of Alkyl Chains

3.2. Starburst Sensitizer Structure

3.3. Cone-shaped Sensitizer Structure

3.4. Charge Recombination between Oxidized Sensitizer and TiO2S 2

3.5. The Interaction between Sensitizer and Electrolyte

3.6. The Spatial Distance between Sensitizer LUMO and TiO2-CB

3.7. Sensitizer Adsorption Process N

3.8. Sensitizers' LUMO Energy Level

3.9. The Usage of Co-adsorbents

4. PHOTOANODE (TIO2 OR ZNO SINTERED FTO GLASS) AND VOCO

4.1. Inorganic Barrier

4.2. Novel Photoanode Architectures

4.3. ZnO Photoanode

5. ELECTROLYTE AND VOC

5.1. Electrolyte Additives

5.2. Other Electrolytes Except Iodine

5.3. Organic Hole Transporter

6. TANDEM SOLAR CELLS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE OF PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS

MEASURING ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE

ABILITY TO SUSTAINABLY PROVIDE FOR A CONSIDERABLE FRACTION OF CURRENT AND FUTURE ENERGY DEMAND

LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT OF PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS

MAIN FINDINGS OF LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT

ENERGY PAY-BACK TIME

EMISSIONS

LAND USE

SI-BASED PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS

II/V SOLAR CELLS

III/V SOLAR CELLS

DYE-SENSITIZED AND ORGANIC NANOPARTICULATE PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS

CONCLUSIONS

SOLAR SIMULATOR MODIFIED TO TEST PV CELLS

INTRODUCTION.

2. MODEL OF THE SOLAR SIMULATOR IN THE ACTUAL CONFIGURATION

2.1. Introduction

2.2. Performance Verification

2.3. Model of the Current System

3. MODIFFICATIONS OF THE OPTICAL SYYSTEM

3.1. Introducction

3.2. Solution_1 (Squared Fresnel Lens Edmund, Diverging Lenses in Glass)

3.3. Solution_2 (Round Fresnel Lens Germanov-Simon, Converging / Diverging Lenses in Glass)

3.4. Solution_3 (Round Fresnel lens Germanov-Simon, Converging Lenses in Glass)

3.5. Simulations: Evaluation of the Optical Quality

3.6. Analysis of Simulation Results

4. OPTICAL PERFORMANCE CONTROL ON THE MODIFIED SOLAR SIMULATOR YSS-200

4.1. Realised Modifications and Simulator Set-up

4.2. Power Measurements

4.3. Uniformity Measurements

4.4. Variation of the Spectral Composition of the Emitted Light

DRYING CHARACTERISTICS OF LEMONS AND DATES UNDER INDIRECT TYPE FORCED CONVECTION SOLAR DRYING AND NATURAL OPEN SUN DRYING

2. EXPERIMENTAL

2.1. Experimental Set-up

2.2. Instrumentation

2.3. Experimental Procedure

1. ANALYSIS

4. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

4.1. Lemons

4.2. Dates

5. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS

FABRICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF C-BASED BULK HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS WITH CU602O, CUINS2, DIAMOND, PORPHYRIN AND EXCITON-DIFFUSION BLOCKING LAYER

2. EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURES

3. ZNTPP:C SOLAR CELLS

4. CU2O:C60 SOLAR CELLS

5. CUINS2:C60 SOLAR CELLS

6. DIAMOND:C60 SOLAR CELLS

ENHANCEMENT OF SOLAR CELL PERFORMANCE USING SURFACE MORPHOLOGY MODIFICATION

1. INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND

2. SUB-WAVELENGTH NANOSTRUCTURES FOR ANTI-REFLECTION PURPOSES

3. ANTI-REFLECTION STRUCTURES USING REPLICATION TECHNIQUES.

3.1. Nanoimprint in Anti-Reflection Application

3.2. Anti-Reflection Structures by Using Spin-Coating Replication / Hot-Embossing Techniques

4. ALIGNED ZNO NANOROD ARRAYS AS THE ANTI-REFLECTION LAYER

4.1. Nanorods in Anti-Reflection Application

4.2. Growth of Vertically Aligned ZnO Nanorod Arrays as the Anti-Reflection Layer

5. ANTI-REFLECTION PROPERTIES OF SELF-AGGREGATED NANOPARTICLE LAYERS: EXPERIMENTS AND THEORETICAL MODEL

5.1. Efficiency Enhancement of Si Solar Cells by Using Self-Assembled Nanoparticles

5N.2. ModelinNanoparticleg of Reflecte Layers tion Propertties of Self-AAggregatedd Silica

CONCLUSION AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVES

IMPROVING THE EFFICIENCY AND STABILITY OF TIO2 AND ZNO CELLS SENSITIZED WITH LOW-COST ORGANIC DYES

METHODOLOGY

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

PRESENT SCENARIO OF SOLID STATE PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL SOLAR CELL AND DYE SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL USING PEO-BASED POLYMER ELECTROLYTES

2. BASIC PRINCIPLE OF SOLID STATE PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL SOLAR CELL AND DYE SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL

2.1. Principle of Solid State Photoelectrochemical (SSPEC) Solar Cell

2.2. Principle of Dye Sensitized Solar Cell (DSSC)

3. STATUS OF SOLID STATE PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELL (SSPEC) USING PEO POLYMER ELECTROLYTE

4. STATUS OF DYE SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL (DSSC) USING SOLID PEO BASED POLYMER ELECTROLYTE

4.1. DSSC Using Low Molecular Weight PEO (Oligomers) as Electrolyte

4.2. DSSC Using High Molecular Weight PEO as Electrolyte (Without Any Additives)

4.3. DSSC Using High Molecular Weight PEO as Electrolyte (with Additives)

4.3.1. Adding Nano Size-Inorganic Fillers as Additive in Polymer Electrolyte

4.3.2. Adding Plasticizers as Additive

4.4. Polymerr Blend Elecctrolyte.

4.4.1. Plasticizer with Nanofiller in Polymer Blend Electrolyte

4.5. Ionic Liquid as Additive in Dye Sensitized Solar Cell

5. PERFORMANCE AND STABILITY

INDEX.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-62257-221-1

OCLC:

923667875