Low-Temperature Fabrication of Flexible Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells: Influence of Electrolyte Solution on Performance under Solar and Indoor Illumination
Flexible photovoltaics is an attractive technology for product-integrated energy supply under both outdoor and interior conditions. In particular, dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) based on flexible plastic conductive substrates provide ample opportunities for unique applications; however, they pre...
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| author | Roberto Avilés-Betanzos Gerko Oskam Dena Pourjafari |
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| description | Flexible photovoltaics is an attractive technology for product-integrated energy supply under both outdoor and interior conditions. In particular, dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) based on flexible plastic conductive substrates provide ample opportunities for unique applications; however, they prevent the use of high-temperature processing steps usually applied in the fabrication of the solar cell. In the first part of this paper, we present an overview of a careful selection of the most relevant work in the field of flexible DSSCs (F-DSSCs), ranging from pioneering methodsto the most cutting-edge techniques. Key elements and critical considerations for the design of an efficient F-DSSC are also provided. In the second part, we report the fabrication of DSSCs on both rigid and flexible plastic substrates using low-temperature processing. Three different I<sup>−</sup>/I<sub>3</sub><sup>−</sup> electrolyte configurations were tested. Rigid and F-DSSC showed 2.62% and 1.00% efficiency under 1 sun and an output power of 8.60 and 4.00 μW/cm<sup>−2</sup> under low-light conditions, respectively. In this work, we report a novel solvent mixture that shows a significant enhancement of the performance of the low-temperature processed configuration, without adding steps in the fabrication process. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-dab1ccd139f54281a1dda69ad8f27f202023-11-18T22:50:34ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732023-07-011615561710.3390/en16155617Low-Temperature Fabrication of Flexible Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells: Influence of Electrolyte Solution on Performance under Solar and Indoor IlluminationRoberto Avilés-Betanzos0Gerko Oskam1Dena Pourjafari2Departamento de Física Aplicada, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Merida 97310, Yucatan, MexicoDepartamento de Física Aplicada, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Merida 97310, Yucatan, MexicoDepartamento de Física Aplicada, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Merida 97310, Yucatan, MexicoFlexible photovoltaics is an attractive technology for product-integrated energy supply under both outdoor and interior conditions. In particular, dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) based on flexible plastic conductive substrates provide ample opportunities for unique applications; however, they prevent the use of high-temperature processing steps usually applied in the fabrication of the solar cell. In the first part of this paper, we present an overview of a careful selection of the most relevant work in the field of flexible DSSCs (F-DSSCs), ranging from pioneering methodsto the most cutting-edge techniques. Key elements and critical considerations for the design of an efficient F-DSSC are also provided. In the second part, we report the fabrication of DSSCs on both rigid and flexible plastic substrates using low-temperature processing. Three different I<sup>−</sup>/I<sub>3</sub><sup>−</sup> electrolyte configurations were tested. Rigid and F-DSSC showed 2.62% and 1.00% efficiency under 1 sun and an output power of 8.60 and 4.00 μW/cm<sup>−2</sup> under low-light conditions, respectively. In this work, we report a novel solvent mixture that shows a significant enhancement of the performance of the low-temperature processed configuration, without adding steps in the fabrication process.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/16/15/5617dye-sensitized solar cellflexible photovoltaicslow-temperature processing |
| spellingShingle | Roberto Avilés-Betanzos Gerko Oskam Dena Pourjafari Low-Temperature Fabrication of Flexible Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells: Influence of Electrolyte Solution on Performance under Solar and Indoor Illumination Energies dye-sensitized solar cell flexible photovoltaics low-temperature processing |
| title | Low-Temperature Fabrication of Flexible Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells: Influence of Electrolyte Solution on Performance under Solar and Indoor Illumination |
| title_full | Low-Temperature Fabrication of Flexible Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells: Influence of Electrolyte Solution on Performance under Solar and Indoor Illumination |
| title_fullStr | Low-Temperature Fabrication of Flexible Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells: Influence of Electrolyte Solution on Performance under Solar and Indoor Illumination |
| title_full_unstemmed | Low-Temperature Fabrication of Flexible Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells: Influence of Electrolyte Solution on Performance under Solar and Indoor Illumination |
| title_short | Low-Temperature Fabrication of Flexible Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells: Influence of Electrolyte Solution on Performance under Solar and Indoor Illumination |
| title_sort | low temperature fabrication of flexible dye sensitized solar cells influence of electrolyte solution on performance under solar and indoor illumination |
| topic | dye-sensitized solar cell flexible photovoltaics low-temperature processing |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/16/15/5617 |
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