Dye-sensitized solar cell
AssigneeTaiyo Yuden Co., Ltd.
InventorsHidenori SOMEI, Takeyuki FUKUSHIMA, Chengli HE
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Abstract
A dye-sensitized solar cell 10 includes: an electrode 11; a counter electrode 12 disposed facing the electrode 11; an electrolyte layer 16 sandwiched between the electrode 11 and the counter electrode 12; and a power generation layer 15 provided on a surface of a counter electrode 12 side of the electrode 11 and formed of oxide semiconductor particles 13 supporting a sensitizing dye 14, wherein the electrolyte layer 16 includes a matrix, with an electrolyte dispersed therein, of a polymer compound existing in a solid state at ordinary temperature and pressure.
Claims20
A dye-sensitized solar cell comprising:
- an electrode;
- a counter electrode disposed facing the electrode;
- an electrolyte layer sandwiched between the electrode and the counter electrode;
- and
- a power generation layer provided on a surface of a counter electrode side of the electrode and formed of oxide semiconductor particles supporting a sensitizing dye,
- wherein the electrolyte layer includes a matrix, with an electrolyte dispersed therein, of a polymer compound existing in a solid state at ordinary temperature and pressure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.