Issue 9, 2016

Graphene-based large area dye-sensitized solar cell modules

Abstract

We demonstrate spray coating of graphene ink as a viable method for large-area fabrication of graphene-based dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) modules. A graphene-based ink produced by liquid phase exfoliation of graphite is spray coated onto a transparent conductive oxide substrate to realize a large area (>90 cm2) semi-transparent (transmittance 44%) counter-electrode (CE) replacing platinum, the standard CE material. The graphene-based CE is successfully integrated in a large-area (43.2 cm2 active area) DSSC module achieving a power conversion efficiency of 3.5%. The approach demonstrated here paves the way to all-printed, flexible, and transparent graphene-based large-area and cost-effective photovoltaic devices on arbitrary substrates.

Graphical abstract: Graphene-based large area dye-sensitized solar cell modules

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
11 Nov. 2015
Accepted
05 Febr. 2016
First published
05 Febr. 2016

Nanoscale, 2016,8, 5368-5378

Graphene-based large area dye-sensitized solar cell modules

S. Casaluci, M. Gemmi, V. Pellegrini, A. Di Carlo and F. Bonaccorso, Nanoscale, 2016, 8, 5368 DOI: 10.1039/C5NR07971C

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