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* In the name of God Dye sensitized photo electrochemical solar cells Represented by : maziar marandi PhD student in physics Email address : maziar_marandi@mehr.sharif.edu Project of nanotechnology course Department of physics – sharif university of technology Date : 1382 / 10 / 13 What,s a solar cell nanoporous and mesoporous materials What are the dye sensitized solar cells Dye sensitized photo electrochemical solar cells manufactured by nano mesoporous materials Subjects that we are going to say : What,s a solar cell ? Solar cell is a device that convet the energy of sun to electricity . The basic steps of photovoltaic energy conversion : light absorption Charge separation Charge collection A high efficiency version of Si sollar cells Porous material : Nano porous (with sizes less than 2 nm) Mesoporous (with sizes between 2-50 nm) Microporous ( with sizes larger than 100nm) Why are the nanoporous materials so important ? Porous titania TEM of Titania or TiO2 1 gram Spans Three Tennis Courts! Dye sensitized electrochemical nano mesoporous solar cells In contrast to the all-solid conventional semiconductor solar cells, the dye-sensitized solar cell is a photoelectrochemical solar cell Historical discussion (1873 – 1990) a dye sensitized solar cells are comprised from: 1. transparent conducting glass electrode coated with porous nanocrystalline TiO2 (nc-TiO2) 2. dye molecules attached to the surface of the nc-TiO2 3. an electrolyte containing a reduction-oxidation couple such as I-/I3 4. a catalyst coated counter-electrode operating cycle can be summarized in chemical reaction terminology as (Matthews et al. 1996): 1. s + h? → s* absorption (anode) s* → s + e- (TiO2) electron injection 2s+ + 3I - → 2s + I3 - regeneration I3 - + 2e - (Pt) → 3I - cathode e - + h? → e - (TiO2) cell { Due to the energy level positioning in the system, The cell is capable of producing voltage between it