Title :
Dye-sensitized solar cells based on electrodeposited zinc oxide films
Author :
Chun-Min Lin ; Chi-Yang Tsia ; Wei-chen Chang ; Wan-Chin Yu ; Tzu-Hsuan Tsia ; Chia-Hua Lee ; Chung-Wen Lan
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Org. & Polymeric Mater., Nat. Taipei Univ. of Technol., Taipei, Taiwan
Abstract :
Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) based on porous nanocrystalline ZnO films were fabricated, and the effect of film thickness on power conversion efficiency was studied. The ZnO films, consisting of nanosheet networks, were prepared by pyrolysis of nanostructured precursors electrodeposited on conducting glass substrates. The film thickness of ZnO had a great impact on the performance of the resulting DSSCs. Peak conversion efficiency of 2.91 % was obtained with a film thickness of 27 μm.
Keywords :
II-VI semiconductors; electrodeposits; nanostructured materials; solar cells; wide band gap semiconductors; zinc compounds; DSSC; ZnO; dye-sensitized solar cells; efficiency 2.91 percent; electrodeposited zinc oxide films; glass substrates; nanostructured precursors; porous nanocrystalline films; power conversion efficiency; size 27 mum; Annealing; Decision support systems; Electrodes; Films; Photovoltaic cells; Substrates; Zinc oxide; ZnO; dye-sensitized solar cells; electrochemical deposition; film thickness;
Conference_Titel :
Nanoelectronics Conference (INEC), 2011 IEEE 4th International
Conference_Location :
Tao-Yuan
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0379-9
Electronic_ISBN :
2159-3523
DOI :
10.1109/INEC.2011.5991691
