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US 2019/0287735 A1Published application
Dye-sensitized solar cell module
AssigneeShowa Corporation
InventorTeruki TAKAYASU
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Abstract
The invention provides a dye-sensitized solar cell module that is capable of achieving high electrical power. The invention provides a dye-sensitized solar cell module in which photoelectrodes and counter electrodes are disposed opposite to each other in a T-shape via an electrolyte layer.
Claims25
A dye-sensitized solar cell module in which photoelectrodes and counter electrodes are disposed opposite to each other in a T-shape via an electrolyte layer,
- wherein
- (1) two or more of the photoelectrodes, each comprising a titanium material and a porous titanium oxide layer containing a dye sensitizing agent formed on a cross-sectional surface of the titanium material, are arrayed,
- the photoelectrodes each having a structure such that (i) the porous titanium oxide layer is formed in an elongated shape on a cut surface of a photoelectrode substrate formed of a 0.1- to 5-mm-thick titanium material substrate obtained by cutting from a 0.1- to 5-mm-thick titanium material substrate, and (ii) the titanium material substrates are integrated with an insulation material,
- (2) the insulation material is disposed between the photoelectrodes,
- (3) the counter electrodes each comprise a transparent conductive glass or transparent conductive film coated with an electrochemical catalyst layer,
- the counter electrodes each comprising the transparent conductive glass or transparent conductive film coated with the electrochemical catalyst layer being disposed, in a T-shape, above the cut surface of each of the two or more photoelectrodes integrated with the insulation material,
- (4) the transparent conductive glass or transparent conductive film is insulated on the insulation material side by removing the transparent conductive layer, together with the electrochemical catalyst layer, by etching,
- (5) the photoelectrodes and the counter electrodes are electrically connected, and
- (6) the photoelectrodes and the counter electrodes comprise a connecting part from which electricity is carried to the outside.
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