Solar glass-based DSSCs

FIGURE 9.1 Flexible solar cells based on different kinds of polymer substrates. (A) Photograph of a flexible DSSC based on ITO-coated PET substrate wrapped on a pen. (B) Schematic illustration of the layer structure of a solid-state DSSC based on PEDOT on Goretex film as a counter electrode. (C) Schematic illustration (left) and photograph (right) of the PSC based on ITO-coated PET substrate. (D) Comparison of PSCs fabricated on conventional FTO/glass and flexible PEDOT PSS/PET substrate. (E) Schematic illustration of the flexible solar cell based on Ag-grid/PET substrate. 

Methods have been developed for fabrication of the highly-ordered titania nanotuhe arrays from titanium thin films atop a substrate compatible with photolithographic processing, notably silicon or FTO coated glass [104]. The resulting transparent nanotuhe array structure, illustrated in Fig. 5.16, is promising for applications such as anti-reflection coatings and dye sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). Fig. 5.17 shows the typical anodization behavior of a 400 nm Ti thin film anodized at 10 V in an HE based electrolyte. Eor a fixed HE concentration, the dimensions of the tube vary with respect to... 

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