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A Study on the Design of Dye-sensitized Solar Cells Using Textile Photoelectrodes and Their Electrical Properties

텍스타일 형 염료감응 태양전지의 광전극 설계 및 전기적 특성분석에 관한 연구

  • Lee, Hye Mi (Department of Organic Material Science and Engineering, Pusan National University) ;
  • Yun, Min Ju (Department of Organic Material Science and Engineering, Pusan National University) ;
  • Kim, Han Seong (Department of Organic Material Science and Engineering, Pusan National University)
  • 이혜미 (부산대학교 유기소재시스템공학과) ;
  • 윤민주 (부산대학교 유기소재시스템공학과) ;
  • 김한성 (부산대학교 유기소재시스템공학과)
  • Received : 2015.04.30
  • Accepted : 2015.06.10
  • Published : 2015.06.30
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Abstract

In this study, we designed and investigated textile-type flexible dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) using titanium mesh as the photoelectrode. To improve the surface area of the $TiO_2$ photoelectrode and the performance of the DSSCs, titanium-oxide nanotubes (TNTs) were uniformly grown on the surface of the titanium mesh using anodization. The TNTs were tens of micrometers in length, which contributed to the absorption of sufficient light and effective transfer of electrons. We studied the effect of TNT growth on the DSSCs, and found that the power conversion efficiency of the DSSCs increased from 1.9% to 3.2% upon increasing the length of the TNTs on the surface of the titanium mesh.

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