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

作者：Saehana Sahrul^*; Darsikin; Yuliza Elfi; Arifin Pepen; Khairurrijal; Abdullah Mikrajuddin

来源：Journal of Solar Energy Engineering-Transactions of the ASME, 2014, 136(4): 044504.

DOI：10.1115/1.4027695

• carbon ink
• DSSC
• low-cost
• metal bridge

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 nano-particle into the space between Titanium Dioxide (TiOv2) nano-particle using electroplating methods.

• 出版日期2014-11