NEW CONCEPTS AND MATERIALS FOR WORLD-CLASS DYE SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS

Several areas are explored for dye-sensitized solar cells (nc-DSC) in the field of new concepts and materials, fabrication protocols for TiO2 and scatterlayers, metal oxide blocking layers and low temperature processes of platinum deposition. The combined efforts have led to maximum power conversion efficiencies under full sunlight of 11 % for areas 1 cm 2 .