Nature, volume 353, issue 6346, pages 737-740

A low-cost, high-efficiency solar cell based on dye-sensitized colloidal TiO2 films

Publication typeJournal Article
Publication date1991-10-01
Journal: Nature
Quartile SCImago
Q1
Quartile WOS
Q1
Impact factor64.8
ISSN00280836, 14764687
Multidisciplinary
Abstract
THE large-scale use of photovoltaic devices for electricity generation is prohibitively expensive at present: generation from existing commercial devices costs about ten times more than conventional methods1. Here we describe a photovoltaic cell, created from low-to medium-purity materials through low-cost processes, which exhibits a commercially realistic energy-conversion efficiency. The device is based on a 10-µm-thick, optically transparent film of titanium dioxide particles a few nanometres in size, coated with a monolayer of a charge-transfer dye to sensitize the film for light harvesting. Because of the high surface area of the semiconductor film and the ideal spectral characteristics of the dye, the device harvests a high proportion of the incident solar energy flux (46%) and shows exceptionally high efficiencies for the conversion of incident photons to electrical current (more than 80%). The overall light-to-electric energy conversion yield is 7.1-7.9% in simulated solar light and 12% in diffuse daylight. The large current densities (greater than 12 mA cm-2) and exceptional stability (sustaining at least five million turnovers without decomposition), as well as the low cost, make practical applications feasible.

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Oregan B., Grätzel M. A low-cost, high-efficiency solar cell based on dye-sensitized colloidal TiO2 films // Nature. 1991. Vol. 353. No. 6346. pp. 737-740.
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TY - JOUR
DO - 10.1038/353737a0
UR - https://doi.org/10.1038/353737a0
TI - A low-cost, high-efficiency solar cell based on dye-sensitized colloidal TiO2 films
T2 - Nature
AU - Oregan, Brian
AU - Grätzel, Michael
PY - 1991
DA - 1991/10/01 00:00:00
PB - Springer Nature
SP - 737-740
IS - 6346
VL - 353
SN - 0028-0836
SN - 1476-4687
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@article{1991_Oregan,
author = {Brian Oregan and Michael Grätzel},
title = {A low-cost, high-efficiency solar cell based on dye-sensitized colloidal TiO2 films},
journal = {Nature},
year = {1991},
volume = {353},
publisher = {Springer Nature},
month = {oct},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1038/353737a0},
number = {6346},
pages = {737--740},
doi = {10.1038/353737a0}
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Oregan, Brian, et al. “A low-cost, high-efficiency solar cell based on dye-sensitized colloidal TiO2 films.” Nature, vol. 353, no. 6346, Oct. 1991, pp. 737-740. https://doi.org/10.1038/353737a0.
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