WO2007138348A3 - Photovoltaic cell with mesh electrode - Google Patents

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WO2007138348A3
WO2007138348A3 PCT/GB2007/050292 GB2007050292W WO2007138348A3 WO 2007138348 A3 WO2007138348 A3 WO 2007138348A3 GB 2007050292 W GB2007050292 W GB 2007050292W WO 2007138348 A3 WO2007138348 A3 WO 2007138348A3
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charge carrier
carrier material
electrode
photo
porous
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Robert John Potter
Robin Nicholas Klupp Taylor
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Johnson Matthey Plc
Robert John Potter
Robin Nicholas Klupp Taylor
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01G—CAPACITORS; CAPACITORS, RECTIFIERS, DETECTORS, SWITCHING DEVICES, LIGHT-SENSITIVE OR TEMPERATURE-SENSITIVE DEVICES OF THE ELECTROLYTIC TYPE
    • H01G9/00—Electrolytic capacitors, rectifiers, detectors, switching devices, light-sensitive or temperature-sensitive devices; Processes of their manufacture
    • H01G9/20—Light-sensitive devices
    • H01G9/2027—Light-sensitive devices comprising an oxide semiconductor electrode
    • H01G9/2031—Light-sensitive devices comprising an oxide semiconductor electrode comprising titanium oxide, e.g. TiO2
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01G—CAPACITORS; CAPACITORS, RECTIFIERS, DETECTORS, SWITCHING DEVICES, LIGHT-SENSITIVE OR TEMPERATURE-SENSITIVE DEVICES OF THE ELECTROLYTIC TYPE
    • H01G9/00—Electrolytic capacitors, rectifiers, detectors, switching devices, light-sensitive or temperature-sensitive devices; Processes of their manufacture
    • H01G9/20—Light-sensitive devices
    • H01G9/2095—Light-sensitive devices comprising a flexible sustrate
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10K—ORGANIC ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES
    • H10K30/00—Organic devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation
    • H10K30/80—Constructional details
    • H10K30/81—Electrodes
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01G—CAPACITORS; CAPACITORS, RECTIFIERS, DETECTORS, SWITCHING DEVICES, LIGHT-SENSITIVE OR TEMPERATURE-SENSITIVE DEVICES OF THE ELECTROLYTIC TYPE
    • H01G9/00—Electrolytic capacitors, rectifiers, detectors, switching devices, light-sensitive or temperature-sensitive devices; Processes of their manufacture
    • H01G9/20—Light-sensitive devices
    • H01G9/2059—Light-sensitive devices comprising an organic dye as the active light absorbing material, e.g. adsorbed on an electrode or dissolved in solution
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E10/00—Energy generation through renewable energy sources
    • Y02E10/50—Photovoltaic [PV] energy
    • Y02E10/542—Dye sensitized solar cells
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E10/00—Energy generation through renewable energy sources
    • Y02E10/50—Photovoltaic [PV] energy
    • Y02E10/549—Organic PV cells

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Abstract

A photo voltaic cell comprising: a). a composite photo electrode, said composite photo electrode comprising a substrate supporting a porous photo active first charge carrier material, wherein the substrate consists of an electrically conductive network and the porous photo active first charge carrier material is located substantially within the network; b). a counter electrode; c). a second charge carrier material disposed such that a high surface area interface exists between the first and second charge carrier materials, and wherein the second charge carrier material is located between the counter electrode and the composite photo electrode; and d). a porous electrically insulating separator material, said separator material being disposed between the counter electrode and the second charge carrier material.
PCT/GB2007/050292 2006-05-30 2007-05-24 Photovoltaic cell with mesh electrode WO2007138348A2 (en)

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WO2010090226A1 (en) * 2009-02-03 2010-08-12 株式会社昭和 Dye-sensitized solar cell
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US20050067007A1 (en) * 2001-11-08 2005-03-31 Nils Toft Photovoltaic element and production methods
WO2004100196A1 (en) * 2003-05-05 2004-11-18 Sustainable Technologies International Pty Ltd Photoelectrochemical device
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US9552902B2 (en) 2008-02-28 2017-01-24 Oxford University Innovation Limited Transparent conducting oxides
US9236157B2 (en) 2009-09-03 2016-01-12 Isis Innovation Limited Transparent electrically conducting oxides

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