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Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell for Building-Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) Applications
One of the important research directions in the field of photovoltaics is integration with construction. The integration of solar cell systems with a building can reduce installation costs and help optimize the used space. Among the few literature reports on photovoltaic roof tiles, solutions with s...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8269900/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34279313 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma14133743 |
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author | Szindler, Marek Szindler, Magdalena Drygała, Aleksandra Lukaszkowicz, Krzysztof Kaim, Paulina Pietruszka, Rafał |
author_facet | Szindler, Marek Szindler, Magdalena Drygała, Aleksandra Lukaszkowicz, Krzysztof Kaim, Paulina Pietruszka, Rafał |
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description | One of the important research directions in the field of photovoltaics is integration with construction. The integration of solar cell systems with a building can reduce installation costs and help optimize the used space. Among the few literature reports on photovoltaic roof tiles, solutions with silicon and thin film solar cells dominate. An interesting solution may be the application of dye-sensitized solar cells. In addition to their interesting properties, they also have aesthetic value. In the classic arrangement, they are constructed using glass with a transparent conductive layer (TCL). This article describes replacing a classic glass counter electrode with an electrode based on a ceramic tile and nickel foil. First, a continuous and homogeneous fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO) thin film was developed so that the above-mentioned substrate could be applied. The atomization method was used for this purpose. Then, nanocolloidal platinum paste was deposited as a catalytic material using the screen printing method. The electrical parameters of the manufactured DSSCs with and without a counter electrode tile were characterized by measuring their current–voltage characteristics under standard AM 1.5 radiation. A dye-sensitized solar cell integrated with ceramic tiles and nickel foil was produced and displayed an efficiency of over 4%. This solution makes it possible to expand their construction applications. The advantage of this solution is full integration with construction, while simultaneously generating electricity. A dye-sensitized solar cell was built layer-by-layer on a ceramic tile and nickel foil. |
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spelling | pubmed-82699002021-07-10 Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell for Building-Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) Applications Szindler, Marek Szindler, Magdalena Drygała, Aleksandra Lukaszkowicz, Krzysztof Kaim, Paulina Pietruszka, Rafał Materials (Basel) Article One of the important research directions in the field of photovoltaics is integration with construction. The integration of solar cell systems with a building can reduce installation costs and help optimize the used space. Among the few literature reports on photovoltaic roof tiles, solutions with silicon and thin film solar cells dominate. An interesting solution may be the application of dye-sensitized solar cells. In addition to their interesting properties, they also have aesthetic value. In the classic arrangement, they are constructed using glass with a transparent conductive layer (TCL). This article describes replacing a classic glass counter electrode with an electrode based on a ceramic tile and nickel foil. First, a continuous and homogeneous fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO) thin film was developed so that the above-mentioned substrate could be applied. The atomization method was used for this purpose. Then, nanocolloidal platinum paste was deposited as a catalytic material using the screen printing method. The electrical parameters of the manufactured DSSCs with and without a counter electrode tile were characterized by measuring their current–voltage characteristics under standard AM 1.5 radiation. A dye-sensitized solar cell integrated with ceramic tiles and nickel foil was produced and displayed an efficiency of over 4%. This solution makes it possible to expand their construction applications. The advantage of this solution is full integration with construction, while simultaneously generating electricity. A dye-sensitized solar cell was built layer-by-layer on a ceramic tile and nickel foil. MDPI 2021-07-04 /pmc/articles/PMC8269900/ /pubmed/34279313 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma14133743 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Szindler, Marek Szindler, Magdalena Drygała, Aleksandra Lukaszkowicz, Krzysztof Kaim, Paulina Pietruszka, Rafał Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell for Building-Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) Applications |
title | Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell for Building-Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) Applications |
title_full | Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell for Building-Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) Applications |
title_fullStr | Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell for Building-Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) Applications |
title_full_unstemmed | Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell for Building-Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) Applications |
title_short | Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell for Building-Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) Applications |
title_sort | dye-sensitized solar cell for building-integrated photovoltaic (bipv) applications |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8269900/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34279313 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma14133743 |
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