scholarly journals Dye-sensitized solar cells with inkjet-printed dyes

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (7) ◽  
pp. 2453-2462 ◽  
Author(s):  
Syed Ghufran Hashmi ◽  
Merve Özkan ◽  
Janne Halme ◽  
Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin ◽  
Jouni Paltakari ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Inkjet Printing ◽  
Dye Sensitized Solar Cells ◽  
Density Gradients ◽  
Dye Sensitized ◽  
Color Density ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Sensitized Solar Cells

Inkjet printing dyes on TiO2 films enables the creation of DSSCs with tailored transparency, color density gradients, and patterns of multiple dyes on the same photoelectrode.

Inkjet Printing NiO-Based p-Type Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 2369-2377 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Brisse ◽  
R. Faddoul ◽  
T. Bourgeteau ◽  
D. Tondelier ◽  
J. Leroy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Inkjet Printing ◽  
Dye Sensitized Solar Cells ◽  
Dye Sensitized ◽  
P Type ◽  
Sensitized Solar Cells

scholarly journals Inkjet Printing of Titanium Dioxide Photoanodes for Dye Sensitized Solar Cells

2014 ◽  
Vol 1667 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey Johnson ◽  
Lihong (Heidi) Jiao
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Inkjet Printing ◽  
Pore Volume ◽  
Short Circuit ◽  
Dye Sensitized Solar Cells ◽  
Single Layer ◽  
Uniform Density ◽  
Deposition Method ◽  
Dye Sensitized ◽  
Sensitized Solar Cells

ABSTRACTInkjet printing of TiO2 potentially offers a high degree of control over the deposition of TiO2 suspensions. Previous use of inkjet printing for TiO2 depositions have focused on producing TiO2 films with uniform density. A multi-ink printing system offers the possibility of depositing TiO2 films with variable density using a single deposition method.For this research, inkjet printing of TiO2 films with a graded density profile was explored as a means of improving dye sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) performance. Varying pore volume as a means to produce density variations in TiO2 layers was explored. To control the pore volume, several TiO2 suspensions were developed with different pore-forming additives. DSSCs with printed TiO2 films having three density layers showed an average improvement in the conversion efficiency of 127% versus those with a single layer and 45% versus those with dual- layer TiO2. Short-circuit current densities of cells with tri-layer films increased an average of 62% over those with a single layer and 17% over those with dual-layer TiO2. It was also shown that DSSCs with inkjet printed TiO2 layers performed better than those with spin-coated TiO2 layers.The results effectively demonstrated the potential for using inkjet printing as a sole deposition method to produce TiO2 films with non-uniform density leading to improved DSSC performance. One possibility for further study is to create further layer variations through simultaneous printing of different suspensions.

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