Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha Corporation

Sharp Corporation

Sumitomo Osaka Cement Co., Ltd.

Liyuan Han

Ryohsuke Yamanaka

Atsushi Fukui

Nobuhiro Fuke

Ryosuke Yamanaka

Kazuhiro Emoto

Naoki Koide

Yasuo Chiba

Yoshihiro Izumi

Takehito Mitate

Takatsugu Obata

Shingo Takano

Masafumi Shimizu

Ryoichi Komiya

Gaku Fujihashi

Ashraful Islam

Shinsuke Kobayashi

Yuko Inoue

Hisako Imai

Provided are a dye-sensitized solar cell wherein a counter electrode composed of a stable counter electrode conductive layer and a catalyst layer is formed on a porous insulation layer, and a dye-sensitized solar cell module wherein the dye-sensitized solar cell is utilized. A dye-sensitized solar cell includes a supporting body made of a light-transmissive material, and a laminate wherein a conductive layer, a photoelectric conversion layer having a porous semiconductor layer with a dye adsorbed therein, a porous insulation layer, a counter electrode conductive layer, and a catalyst layer are laminated in the order presented. The photoelectric conversion layer and the porous insulation lay are filled with a carrier transport material.

Dye-sensitized solar cell, method of producing the same, and dye-sensitized solar cell module

A paste containing a silica polymer, made by substituting at least some of the surface functional groups thereof with alkyl groups, and solvent-removable inorganic particles is prepared, and the paste is applied and fired to form a transparent insulating film in a dye-sensitized solar cell.

Paste for dye-sensitized solar cell, transparent insulation film for dye-sensitized solar cell, dye-sensitized solar cell, and dye-sensitized solar cell fabrication method

A photoelectrode has a conductive substrate and a semiconductor layer formed on the conductive substrate, the semiconductor layer being formed of semiconductor particles, the semiconductor layer having a plurality of layers, the plurality of layers being different in an average particle diameter of semiconductor particles from one another, a distal layer of the plurality of layers, placed at a location farther from the substrate, covering at least a part of side faces of a proximal layer of the plurality of layers, placed at a location closer to the substrate.

Photoelectrode, and dye-sensitized solar cell and dye-sensitized solar cell module using the same

The present invention aims to improve the photoelectric current of a dye-sensitized solar cell module and produce a high power dye-sensitized solar cell. The present invention provides a dye-sensitized solar cell module comprising at least two photoelectric conversion elements each comprising a transparent conductive layer, a porous photoelectric conversion layer adsorbing a dye, an electrolytic layer, a catalyst layer, and a conductive layer on a transparent substrate, wherein the respective photoelectric conversion elements are different in at least one among the layering order of the respective layers composing the photoelectric conversion elements; the type and composition of the materials for the respective layers; the particle diameter in the case the materials of the respective layers are granular; the thickness and width of the respective layers; the form of the respective layers; and the open circuit voltage of the photoelectric conversion elements, and thereby the aim is achieved.

Dye-sensitized solar cell module

A dye-sensitized solar cell comprising a first support, a first conductive layer, a porous photovoltaic layer containing a dye, a carrier transport layer and a second conductive layer stacked in this order, wherein the length of contact side of the porous photovoltaic layer closed to the first conductive layer is different from that of its confronted side of the porous photovoltaic layer.

Dye-sensitized solar cell and dye-sensitized solar cell module

A photosensitizing transition metal complex of the formula (Ia) MLY, (Ib) MLX(Ic) MLYX, (Id) MLYX or (Ie) MLYX in which M is a transition metal selected from ruthenium, osmium, iron, rhenium and technetium, preferably ruthenium or osmium. X is a co-ligand independently selected from NCS&#x2014;, Cl&#x2014;, Br&#x2014;, I&#x2014;, CN&#x2014;, HO; pyridine unsubstituted or substituted by at least one group selected from vinyl, primary, secondary or tertiary amine, OH and Calkyl, preferably NSC and CN&#x2014;; L is a tridentate polypyridine ligand, carrying at least one carboxylic, phosphoric acid or a chelating group and one substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having 1 to 50 carbon atoms, substituted or unsubstituted alkylamide group having 2 to 30 carbon atoms or substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl group having 7 to 50 carbon atoms. A dye-sensitized electrode includes a substrate having an electrically conductive surface, an oxide semiconductor film formed on the conductive surface, and the above sensitizer of formula (Ia), (Ib), (Ic), (Id) or (Ie) as specified above, supported on the film. A solar cell includes the above electrode, a counter electrode, and an electrolyte deposited there between.

Photosensitizing transition metal complex and its use for photovoltaic cell

A photovoltaic cell comprises: an anode electrode including a conductive support and a porous semiconductor layer; a photosensitive dye; a charge transport layer; and a counter electrode support, wherein the anode electrode has the property of causing cathode luminescence having a luminous peak wavelength in a visible region and shows a haze rate H of 60% or more at a wavelength in the visible region.

Photovoltaic cell including porous semiconductor layer, method of manufacturing the same and solar cell

A dye-sensitized photovoltaic cell comprising an electroconductive support, a porous photovoltaic layer constituted with a porous semiconductor layer containing a photosensitizing dye, a hole transporting layer, and a support on a counter electrode side, the porous photovoltaic layer having a multi-layer structure, and the semiconductor layer having a haze ratio at a wavelength in a visible light region of 60% or more.

Photovoltaic cell and process for producing the same

A dye-sensitized solar cell comprising a porous semiconductor layer in which a dye is adsorbed and an electrolyte which are sandwiched between a transparent conductive film formed on a surface of a transparent substrate and a conductive substrate, wherein the electrolyte is retained in a crosslinked polymer compound.

Dye-sensitized solar cell and method of manufacturing the same

A dye-sensitizing solar cell comprising: a first substrate whose surface is at least conductive; a second substrate on which a conductive layer is formed, the second substrate being transparent, the first and second substrates being spaced by a distance with the conductive surfaces of the first and second substrates opposite to each other; a semiconductor layer having a dye adsorbed thereon, the semiconductor layer being formed on one of the conductive surfaces; a glass frit for sealing peripheral edges of the first and second substrates; and a redox electrolyte which is filled between the first and second substrates.

Dye-sensitizing solar cell, method for manufacturing dye-sensitizing solar cell and solar cell module

A photovoltaic cell comprises an electrode layer, a photovoltaic layer, a hole transport layer, a conductive layer and a counter electrode layer stacked in this order.

Photovoltaic cell and solar cell utilizing the same

A photovoltaic cell has a structure including a first electrode layer, a first photovoltaic layer, an electrically conductive layer, a second photovoltaic layer and a second electrode layer that are successively laminated, wherein the first photovoltaic layer is a semiconductor film containing a first colorant, the second photovoltaic layer is a semiconductor film containing a second colorant, the first colorant and the second colorant being different from each other, so that the first photovoltaic layer and the second photovoltaic layer have different photocurrent action spectra.

Photovoltaic cell and manufacturing method thereof

A photoelectric material having high efficiency and superior durability is provided. The photoelectric material includes a semiconductor and a photosensitizing dye attached to the semiconductor, wherein the dye is a phthalocyanine derivative, a dioxazine derivative or an indigo derivative having at least one interlocking group and at least one hydrophobic group selected from the group consisting of monovalent substituted and unsubstituted aliphatic hydrocarbon groups and monovalent substituted and unsubstituted alicyclic hydrocarbon groups. The hydrophobic group is preferably an alkyl group with 3 to 12 carbon atoms. The interlocking group is a carboxyl group, a sulfonic acid group, phosphono group or the like. In manufacturing the photoelectric material, the dye is dissolved in a hydrophobic and/or aprotic solvent. In order to attach the dye to the semiconductor, the semiconductor is dipped in the dye solution.

Photoelectric material using organic photosensitising dyes and

The color filter having pixels and a light-shading colored layer on a transparent substrate is provided. The light-shading colored layer is formed from hydrophilic light-shading colored ink, and the hydrophilic light-shading colored ink includes a resin having a monomer unit having a quaternary ammonium salt moiety represented by formula (I):

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