Optical Design of Dye-Sensitized Nanocrystalline Solar Cells
LIU Xi-Zhe, MENG Qing-Bo, GAO Chun-Xiao, XUE Bo-Fei, WANG Hong-Xia, CHEN Li-Quan, O. Sato, A. Fujishima
State Key Laboratory for Surface Physics and Laboratory for Solid-State Ionics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080
State Key Laboratory for Superhard Materials, Institute of Atomic and Molecular Physics, Jilin University, Changchun 130012
Special Research Laboratory for Optical Science, Kanagawa Academy of Science and Technology, KSP BLDG, EAST 412, Sakado, Kawasaki 213-0012, Japan
Optical Design of Dye-Sensitized Nanocrystalline Solar Cells
LIU Xi-Zhe;MENG Qing-Bo;GAO Chun-Xiao;XUE Bo-Fei;WANG Hong-Xia;CHEN Li-Quan;O. Sato;A. Fujishima
State Key Laboratory for Surface Physics and Laboratory for Solid-State Ionics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080
State Key Laboratory for Superhard Materials, Institute of Atomic and Molecular Physics, Jilin University, Changchun 130012
Special Research Laboratory for Optical Science, Kanagawa Academy of Science and Technology, KSP BLDG, EAST 412, Sakado, Kawasaki 213-0012, Japan
Abstract： In nanocrystalline dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) the absorption of a large fraction of the incident solar radiation is important for achieving high efficiencies. We develop a model to include both the optical process and the electrochemical process. This model allows us to calculate the performance of the different optical designs (for example the different scattering layers and the different reflecting plane). It is found that appropriate optical designs can improve the performance of DSSCs greatly.
2004, Vol. 21 
