Journal
SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS
Volume 90, Issue 17, Pages 2881-2893Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2006.05.002
Keywords
dye-sensitized solar cell; metal substrate; counter-electrode
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Direct integration of dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSC) onto industrial sheet metals has been studied. The stability of the metals, including zinc-coated and plain carbon steel, stainless steel and copper in a standard iodine electrolyte was investigated with soaking and encapsulation tests. Stainless and carbon steel showed sufficient stability and were used as the cell counter-electrodes, yielding cells with energy conversion efficiencies of 3.6% and 3.1%, respectively. A DSSC built on flexible steel substrates is a promising approach especially from the viewpoint of large-scale, cost-effective industrial manufacturing of the cells. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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