A New Approach for Fabricating Low Cost DSSC by Using Carbon-Ink From Inkjet Printer and Its Improvement Efficiency by Depositing Metal Bridge Between Titanium Dioxide Particles

Abstract

We report the fabrication of a dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) using low-cost materials (carbon ink from an inkjet printer coated on glass as the counter electrode) and made by a combination of spray deposition and doctor blade methods. We noted that the efficiency of the DSSC with the carbon-coated electrode (1.13%) was comparable to that with a platinum-coated counter electrode (1.16%). We also proposed an equivalent circuit for this solar cell. The value of the charge-transfer resistance was determined both experimentally and analytically, and we found that both approaches produced the same results. Moreover, we improved the efficiency of DSSC based carbon by depositing copper nanoparticle into the space between Titanium Dioxide (TiOv2) nanoparticle using electroplating methods.

Preliminary study of application of Moringa oleifera resin as polymer electrolyte in DSSC solar cells

“…1. Based on the data in Table 1, the difference performance of DSSC was because by TiO 2 particle size, kind of dye and counter electrode [11]. According to Jeng, et al (2013) that TiO 2 particle size related with scattering effect, number of loading and light large surface area.…”

“…TiO 2 films were deposited on ITO substrates (10 Ω/cm 2 ) using a spray method [8][9][10][11][12]. A suspension was prepared by dispersing 5 g of TiO 2 into 10 mL of distilled water, followed by stirring for 45 min.…”

“…A suspension was prepared by dispersing 5 g of TiO 2 into 10 mL of distilled water, followed by stirring for 45 min. The homogeneous suspension was sprayed on the ITO surface, which was maintained at a temperature of approximately 150 C to evaporate the water [9][10][11][12]. The spray process was repeated 10 times to obtain an appropriate thickness.…”

“…Many authors have reported the synthesis of high efficiency dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs), and some of these solar cells have been made using simple deposition methods [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]. However, the use of expensive materials has limited the prospects for mass production of these devices.…”

“…A search for high conductivity and low-cost polymer electrolyte material has therefore been necessary. Some efforts have reported the development of polymer electrolyte as the polymer electrolyte materials [1,[9][10][11][12]. However, the observed conversion efficiencies of these cells remained low.…”