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Solar Photovoltaics & Energy Systems Parts 8. Dye sensitized solar cells ChE-600 Kevin Sivula, Spring 2012
Averaged Solar Radiation 1990-2004
Assuming 8% energy conversion efficiency
Thin Film performance overview
Installed capacity of photovoltaics
http://www.ren21.net/Portals/97/documents/GSR/REN21_GSR2011.pdf
x-Si approaches grid parity
Without a significant paradigm shift in fabrication
“Generations” of solar cells
A new paradigm for solar energy conversion
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} Low cost processing } Roll-to-roll compatible } Solution processing } Atmospheric pressure } Avoid high temperatures
Paint Cost = $1/m2
} High conversion efficiency } High stability
} Low to medium purity materials } Solar light absorption } Transport of electric charge
Natural photosynthesis
Light harvesting
cryptoxanthin
Molecular orbitals review
Elec
tron
ene
rgy
HOMO
LUMO
Molecular orbitals review
Molecular orbitals review
Metal-organic dyes and pigments
Excitation of a molecular absorber
Electron energy
Excited state (S*)
Ground state (S°)
Light energy (hν)
Dye molecule
e-
Chemical Structure of N3 Dye
Conditions for molecular absorption: 1. hν = S* - So
2. The transition dipole
moment is not zero
for a transition between an initial state, n, and a final state, m
Excitation of a molecular absorber
Electron energy
Excited state (S*)
Ground state (S°)
Light energy (hν)
Dye molecule
e-
S° + hν → S* (excitation) S*→S° (deactivation) 50 ns Chemical Structure of N3 Dye Ground state (S°)
Excited state (S*)
Capturing the excited state with a DSC
1. Light absorption 2. Injection to
semiconductor
-0.5
0
0.5
TiO2
1.0
S*
S°/S+
hν
Dye Electrolyte
Ox Red
Cathode
1
2 -1.0
e-
Wide band-gap semiconductor
e-
Elec
tron
ene
rgy
(eV
vs. N
HE)
Physics of electron transfer
Ultrafast electron injection
Ground state (S°)
Excited state (S*)
Capturing the excited state with a DSC
1. Light absorption 2. Injection to
semiconductor 3. Percolation 4. Regeneration of
oxidized species 5. Regeneration of
oxidized dye
-0.5
0
0.5
TiO2
1.0
S*
S°/S+
hν
Dye Electrolyte
Ox Red
Maximum Voltage
Cathode
LOAD
e-
External circuit
1
2 3
4
5
-1.0
e-
Wide band-gap semiconductor
Elec
tron
ene
rgy
(eV
vs. N
HE)
The DSC vs. Conventional pn junction PV
TiO2
Dye
Electrolyte
Cathode
+
n-type Silicon
p-type Silicon
+ +
+ +
• Charge carriers (excited electrons) are produced throughout the semiconductor • Semiconductor considerations:
• Precise doping • high purity • high crystalinity
• Light absorption and charge transport are decoupled • Relaxed constraints on individual components (each can be separately tuned) • Only monolayer of dye on TiO2
Device characterization metrics
IPCE(λ) = = habs Fcg hcoll
hab: light harvesting efficiency
Fcg: quantum yield of charge carrier generation
hcoll = efficiency of charge carrier collection
Electrons out
Photons in
PCE or ηPCE = = JSC : Short circuit current density
VOC : Open circuit voltage
FF: Fill factor
Max. power out
Power in
JSC VOC FF
Ilight/A
JSC
VOC
max (J·V) JSC VOC
FF =
22 Solar intensity mW cm-2
Pow
er c
onve
rsio
n ef
ficie
ncy
%
Single crystal silicon cell
Dye sensitized cell
Dye sensitized solar cells outperform silicon at lower light levels
Higher open circuit voltage at low light intensity gives dye cell better performance in diffuse daylight
History of the Dye Sensitized solar cell
mesoscopic photoelectrochemial
cell
100 nm
highly efficient sensitization of
TiO2 nano-crystals
B.O’Regan and M. Grätzel, Nature 1991,
353, 737
1985 1988 1991 2006 2010
Mesoscopic structure is critical
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TiO2
Dye
Electrolyte
Anode
Cathode
IPCE = electrons out
photons incident
Single crystal TiO2
Nanocrystalline anatase TiO2
Dye monolayer on Single crystal TiO2
Dye Sensitized Mesoporous anatase TiO2
( <101> anatase)
Benefits of the nanostructure
• Surface area • Photoinduced conductivity • Charge carrier screening
100 nm IPCE =
electrons out photons incident
Single crystal TiO2
Nanocrystalline anatase TiO2
Benefits of the nanostructure
• Surface area • Photoinduced conductivity • Charge carrier screening
H.G. Agrell, G. Boschloo, A. Hagfeldt J. Phys. Chem. B 2004, 108, 12388
IPCE = electrons out
photons incident
Single crystal TiO2
Nanocrystalline anatase TiO2
Benefits of the nanostructure
• Surface area • Photoinduced conductivity • Charge carrier screening
Electrons in TiO2 Surrounding electrolyte
ENHE
-0.5
0
0.5
TiO2
1.0
Electron diffusion
No space-charge Layer at TiO2 - electrolyte interface
CB
IPCE = electrons out
photons incident
Single crystal TiO2
Nanocrystalline anatase TiO2
Benefits of the nanostructure
Redox couple selection
-0.5
0
0.5
TiO2
1.0
S*
S°/S+
hν
Dye Electrolyte
Ox Red
LOAD
e-
External circuit
1
2 3
4
5
-1.0
e-
Wide band-gap semiconductor
Elec
tron
ene
rgy
(eV
vs. N
HE)
20 nm TiO2 particles +
400 nm TiO2 particles
Optical Engineering with Advanced Nanostructures
20 nm TiO2 particles
G. Rothenberger et al. Solar Energy Materials & Solar Cells 58 (1999) 321 Hore S, Vetter C, Kern R, et al. Solar Energy Materials & Solar Cells 90 (2006) 1176
20 nm TiO2 particles +
400 nm TiO2 particles
Optical Engineering with Advanced Nanostructures
Engineering the dye
M.K. Nazeeruddin et al., J. Am. Chem.Soc. 123, 1613, (2001)
N749 tri(cyanato)-2.22-terpyridyl-4,44-tricarboxylate)Ru(II)
N3 cis-Ru(SCN)2L2
(L = 2,2-bipyridyl-4,4-dicarboxylate)
NN
NN
RuN
N C S
C SO
OH
OHO
HO
O
O OH
NN
NN
RuN
N C S
C SO
O-
HO
O
O O-
CS
3- [(C4H9)N]3+
Record high conversion efficiencies
Need to increase band width of light absorption
} Difficult to construct dye with pan-chromatic light absorption } Organic dyes } Porphyrin-based dyes
Yum et. al. J. AM. CHEM. SOC. 2007, 129, 10320-10321
Cid et. al. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2007, 46, 8358 –8362
NN
NN
RuN
N C S
C SO
OH
OHO
HO
O
O OH
NN
NN
RuN
N C S
C SO
OH
HO
O
O OH
CS
NN
NN
Ru
O
OH
OHO
HO
O
O OH
N
N
OH
O
O
HO
Altering the colors absorbed and transmitted
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Device Stability
The sensitizer has to sustain 100 million cycles during 20 years of outdoor cell operation
To reach 100 million turnovers branching ratios of kInj/k1 and kreg/k2 > 108 are required
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Device Stability
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The sensitizer has to sustain 100 million cycles during 20 years of outdoor cell operation
To reach 100 million turnovers branching ratios of kInj/k1 and kreg/k2 > 108 are required
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Light soaking at 2.5 suns (2.5kW/m2)
DSC masterplates
Requirements for outdoor use according to international PV standards applied to single crystal silicon but so far not to thin film PV cells Light soaking (full sun 55-60 C): 1000 hours Heat stress at 85 C: 1000 h Hot humidity test (85%/85C) and temperature cycling
Device Stability
The C101 sensitizer maintains outstanding stability at efficiency levels over 9 percent under light soaking at 60oC using a low- volatility electrolyte
The present status of dye sensitized solar cells
• Power conversion efficiency measured under AM 1.5 sunlight: laboratory cells 12 %, modules 9.5 % (Sony), tandem cells 16%
• stability > 20 years outdoors (DYESOL)
• energy pay back time: < 1 year (3GSolar and ECN, life cycle analysis)
• ease of building integration • transparency and multicolor option (for power window application) • Flexibility • light weight • low production cost • feedstock availability to reach terawatt scale • short energy pay back time (< 1 year) • enhanced performance under real outdoor conditions • bifacial cells capture light from all angles • tandem cell configurations boost efficiency over 15 % • outperforms competitors for indoor applications • Industrial development: roll to roll mass production and commercial sales of light
weight flexible cells started in Cardiff Wales by G24 Innovation (www.g24i.com.)
The G24I plant in Cardiff has started production on June 21 (solstice),2007
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The first G24I product is a light weight flexible power supply for portable electronics
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The beauty of a dye-sensitized Walkman
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mesoscopic photoelectrochemial
cell
highly efficient sensitization of
TiO2 nano-crystals
B.O’Regan and M. Grätzel, Nature 1991,
353, 737
Mass production
1985 1988 1991 2009 2005
Scale up to modules
tomorrow