Application of Micro-Metal Textile for Flexible Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell

Abstract:

As a means to make a flexible dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC), we prepared a TiO₂ electrode by using a micro-metal textile made from Sn-plated Cu wires, and examined applicability of the micro-metal textile as a substrate for the electrode. The TiO₂ electrodes were prepared successfully by painting a TiO₂ paste to the textile using a squeegee method followed by sintering at 500 °C, and the electrodes showed no exfoliation of the TiO₂ layer from the textile even when the electrode was bent to a cylindrical shape with 10-mm diameter. The solar cells constructed with these electrodes, on which N3 dye was adsorbed as a sensitizer, exhibited actually a photovoltaic performance. The results indicated the applicability of the micro-metal textile as the flexible substrate for the TiO₂ electrode producing an efficient flexible DSSC.

• Periodical: Key Engineering Materials (Volume 459)
• Pages: 92-99
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.459.92
• Online since: December 2010
• Authors: Kenji Kakiage, Emi Fujimura, Masayuki Abe, Hajime Shinoda, Tôru Kyômen, Minoru Hanaya
• Keywords: Copper Wire, Dye Sensitized Solar Cell (DSSC), Flexible, Micro-Metal Textile, TiO₂ Coating, Titanium Alkoxide

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