Abstract:
The present invention can simplify a process.In the present invention, a transparent conductive layer (5) is provided on an electrode side substrate (12); a porous semiconductor layer (7) is provided on the transparent conductive layer (5); and a counter electrode layer (9) in a state in which it is separated from the porous semiconductor layer (7) is provided. A cell partition wall (6) which is provided on the electrode side substrate (12) and surrounds the periphery of the porous semiconductor layer (7) is provided. In the sensitized solar cell module (11), electrolytic solution (10) is impregnated in the porous semiconductor layer (7) and the counter electrode layer (9), and a sealing material in the form of liquid is disposed in such a manner as to cover an upper portion of the cell partition wall (6) to seal the electrolytic solution (10). Then, the sealing material in the form of liquid is solidified.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a solid electrolyte having superior conductive properties and reliability, a photovoltaic device using this electrolyte, and manufacturing methods thereof. The solid electrolyte of the present invention is a solid electrolyte having an electrolyte composition and a matrix polymer. The matrix polymer is formed by polymerization of a first compound having at least two isocyanate groups and a second compound having at least two nucleophilic groups containing active hydrogen in accordance with a polyaddition reaction, and the polymerization is performed after a precursor for the matrix polymer is brought into contact with a surface on which the solid electrolyte is to be formed.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a functional device capable of providing a functional device such as a dye-sensitized solar cell or the like, which is capable of maintaining high characteristics, and a method for manufacturing the functional device.A dye-sensitized solar cell serving as a functional device includes a transparent substrate 12a on which a transparent conductive film 13a is formed; a substrate 12b on which a conductive film 13b is formed; an electrolyte solution 16 filled between the two substrates; an inner main seal 15a composed of a first ultraviolet-curable resin so as to seal the electrolyte solution and bond the two substrates together; and an outer main seal 17a composed of a second ultraviolet-curable resin so as to bond the two substrates together outside the inner main seal. The solar cell includes an end seal plate 19 bonded to the substrate 12b with inner end seals 15b and 15c which are composed of a first ultraviolet-curable resin and which close openings of electrolyte solution injection holes 18a and 18b to seal the electrolyte solution, the electrolyte solution injection holes 18a and 18b being formed in the substrate 16b in order to fill the electrolyte solution, and an outer end seal 17b which is disposed outside the inner end seal and which is composed of a second ultraviolet-curable resin.
Abstract:
A method of manufacturing a dye-sensitized photoelectric conversion device is provided by which a dye-sensitized photoelectric conversion device being excellent in strength and durability and free of any projection, as a result of the absence of need for an end seal, can be fabricated through simple manufacturing steps. In manufacturing a dye-sensitized photoelectric conversion device which has an electrolyte between a dye-sensitized semiconductor layer and a counter electrode and which also has a first armor member provided on the outside of the dye-sensitized semiconductor layer and a second armor member provided on the outside of the counter electrode, a sealing material and the electrolyte are formed at predetermined locations of one or both of the first armor member and the second armor member, thereafter the first armor member and the second armor member, with the sealing material and the electrolyte sandwiched therebetween, are adhered to each other with the sealing material under a gas pressure of not higher than the atmospheric air pressure and not lower than the vapor pressure of the electrolyte.
Abstract:
To provide a functional device suitable for dye-sensitized solar cells and the like and having a structure suited for thickness reduction, and a method for making the same with good productivity. A dye-sensitized photovoltaic device 10 is constituted by a transparent substrate 1 formed of glass or the like, a transparent conductive layer 2 formed of FTO or the like, semiconductor electrode layers (negative electrodes) 3 supporting a photosensitizing dye, an electrolyte layer 4, a film-shaped counter electrode (positive electrode) 5, a film-shaped packaging member 6 replacing a counter substrate of the related art, a sealing member 7, power-collecting wiring 8, a wiring protecting layer 9, and the like. As the material of the film-shaped packaging member 6, a material that has high barrier property of suppressing passage of solvents, gasses, water, and the like and excellent resistance to organic solvents and heat is preferred. The device 10 is sealed by joining the transparent substrate 1 to the film-shaped packaging member 6 but a part 11b of a joint 11 is left unjoined before introduction of an electrolytic solution so as to function as an introduction port and joined after the introduction of the electrolytic solution, thereby requiring no end seal.
Abstract:
A dye sensitization photoelectric converter with enhanced light absorptance and photoelectric conversion efficiency is provided. A dye sensitization photoelectric converter 10 is chiefly configured of a transparent substrate 1 such as glass, a transparent electrode (negative electrode) 2 composed of a transparent conductive layer such as FTO (fluorine-doped tin(IV) oxide SnO2), a semiconductor layer 3 holding plural kinds of photosensitizing dyes, an electrolyte layer 5, a counter electrode (positive electrode) 6, a counter substrate 7 and a (non-illustrated) sealing medium, etc. As a characteristic of the present invention, the photosensitizing dye is composed of plural kinds of dyes having sufficiently different minimum excitation energy from each other or is composed of plural kinds of dyes to be held in a different steric configuration from each other in the semiconductor layer 3. A porous layer obtained by sintering a fine particle of titanium oxide TiO2 is used as the semiconductor layer 3, an organic electrolytic liquid containing an oxidation-reduction species (redox pair) such as I−/I3− is used as the electrolyte layer 5, and the counter electrode 6 composed of a platinum layer 6b or the like is formed on the counter substrate 7.
Abstract:
In a photoelectric conversion device using a semiconductor electrode composed of semiconductor nanoparticles, the semiconductor electrode is made by coating and drying a paste containing a binder and semiconductor nanoparticles dispersed therein on a transparent conductive substrate, and pressing the paste to bond the semiconductor nanoparticles onto the transparent conductive substrate while heating it to a temperature in the range from 30° C. to the softening temperature of the transparent conductive substrate, or, if the semiconductor nanoparticles retain a sensitizing dye, to a temperature in the range from 30° C. to lower one of the softening temperature of the transparent conductive substrate and the deactivation temperature of the sensitizing dye.
Abstract:
A functional device includes plural substrates, an encapsulant arranged between the plurality of substrates, and a functional material arranged between the plural of substrates and encapsulated with the encapsulant. The functional device further includes an insulating spacer arranged in an entire region where the encapsulant lies, and the insulating spacer bonds with the plural substrates through the encapsulant.
Abstract:
An electrode is composed of a carbon carrying a metal and a binder polymer, and it is used as a counter electrode of a dye-sensitized solar cell. The metal carried by carbon is at least one kind of metal selected from the group consisting of Pt, Ru, Co, Ti, Ni, Al and Au. The carbon is needle-like carbon, fullerene, carbon nanotube, conductive carbon black, or the like, and its specific surface area is equal to or larger than 100 m2/g.
Abstract:
A paste in which semiconductor fine grain such as titanium oxide fine grain or the like and a binder made of a polymer compound are mixed is coated onto a transparent conductive substrate and sintered, thereby forming a semiconductor layer made of the semiconductor fine grain, after that, ultraviolet rays are irradiated to the semiconductor layer and, by using a photocatalyst effect of the semiconductor fine grain, an organic substance remaining in the semiconductor layer is removed.