| Title |
A Study on the Fabrication of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Consisting of Ti Electrodes by Electron-beam Evaporation Method |
| Authors |
김윤기(Kim, Yun-Gi) ; 심충환(Shim, Choung-Hwan) ; 김현규(Kim, Hyun-Gyu) ; 성열문(Sung, Youl-Moon) ; 김동현(Kim, Dong-Hyun) ; 이해준(Lee, Hae-June) ; 박정후(Park, Chung-Hoo) ; 이호준(Lee, Ho-Jun) |
| Keywords |
Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells ; Titanium Electrodes ; E-beam Evaporation |
| Abstract |
In general, Dye-sensitized Solar Cells(DSCs) consist of the nanocrystalline titanium dioxide(TiO_2) layer which is fabricated on a transparent conductive oxide(TCO) layer such as F/SnO_2 glass, a dye adhered to the TiO_2, an electrolyte solution and platinum-coated TCO. Among these components, two TCO substrates are estimated to be about 60% of the total cost of the DSCs. Currently novel TCO-less structures have been investigated in order to reduce the cost. In this study, TCO-less DSCs consisting of titanium electrodes were investigated. The titanium electrode is deposited on top of the porous TiO_2 layer using electron-beam evaporation process. The porosity of the titanium electrode was found out by the SEM analysis and dye adhesion. As a result, when the thickness of the titanium electrode increased, the surface resistance decreased and the conversion efficiency increased relatively. |