An electrical model of the dye-sensitized solar cell

Characterising dye-sensitised solar cells

“…The Standard Test Conditions (STC) for solar cells are at a temperature of 25°C, at a power density 1000 W m -2 in the Air Mass 1.5 spectrum 1 . From the experimental results for our cell, see Figure 5, the fill factor was deternined using Equation (14) It is clear however that this model is insufficient 30 , and our aim is, starting from first principles, to provide a physical reasonable and useful model which build on those models previously developed 31,32 . Ultimately we wish to explain and link variations in bulk physical parameter values, i.e.…”

Design of Hybrid Solar Cell Based on Dye-Sensitized TiO2Nanoparticles with Conjugated Polymer

“…So, dye-sensitized hybrid solar cell (DSHSC) with TiO 2 nanoparticles and conjugated polymers is introduced. Ferber et al [1] developed an electrical model for DSSC, but they assumed an electron transfer mechanism without any traps in TiO 2 film. Hybrid heterojunction solar cells based on nanocrystalline mesoporous TiO 2 and hole conducting material have been studied and the energy levels of the solid-state electrolyte have been established in [2].…”

Two-Dimensional Time-Dependent Numerical Modeling of Edge Effects in Dye Solar Cells

“…This is the main new functionality of our model compared to previous numerical DSC models [4], and will be our focus in the practical examples later in the paper.…”

“…A good basic one dimensional model was introduced by Ferber et al [4] and it has been used largely as a basis for this work. In that model, the space between the photoelectrode substrate and the counter electrode is lled by a pseudohomogenous medium consisting of porous TiO 2 , dye, and electrolyte.…”

“…Oda et al continued the basic model by Ferber et al [4] by adding a separate bulk electrolyte layer. Such a layer is also present in the models made by Papageorgiou et al [3] and by Hyk and Augustynski [6].…”