A study of stainless steel-based dye-sensitized solar cells and modules

Yongseok Jun; Jongdae Kim; Man Gu Kang

doi:10.1016/j.solmat.2007.01.007

A study of stainless steel-based dye-sensitized solar cells and modules

Yongseok Jun, Jongdae Kim, Man Gu Kang

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Abstract

Stainless steel (StSt) has been applied as substrate material for efficient, flexible, nanoporous TiO₂ dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) with the aim of improving the photochemical properties of current plastic-based flexible DSSCs. DSSCs with a StSt substrate show almost equivalent properties in efficiency and convenience to cells with a F-doped tin oxide (FTO) glass substrate. Specifically, the metal substrate allows application of high-temperature sintering processes and shows high conductance even after sintering. Cells fabricated with the StSt substrates have been investigated as individual cells and as modules. A comparison between conventional DSSCs with a FTO glass substrate and flexible DSSCs with a StSt substrate is presented. In addition, Pt-coated electrodes, which can serve as window electrodes for StSt-based DSSCs, are fabricated via two different methods, i.e., chemical reduction and annealing, and compared.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	779-784
Number of pages	6
Journal	Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells
Volume	91
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2007.01.007
Publication status	Published - 2007 May 23
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Dye-sensitized solar cells
Flexible solar cells
Stainless steel

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Surfaces, Coatings and Films

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