Fiber solar cells can be turned on scientists developed a new dye-sensitized Xinhua

Researchers from Japan to develop a "fibrous TCO without dye-sensitized solar cell (fiber-type TCO-less dye sensitized solar cell)"; such a solar cell is a dye-sensitized solar cell layer, surrounding a root length 3.5 centimeters (cm), diameter of nine millimeters (mm) composed of glass fiber. The research team from the University of Science and Technology, laptop battery Japan Kyushu (Kyushu Institute of Technology, KIT) of the Institute of Life Science and Systems Engineering, led by Professor Shuji Hayase; its researchers dioxide layer, a layer of pigment-sensitized, as well as a layer of porous titanium (porous Ti) as an electrode (cathode); contain iodine, such as a layer of porous electrolyte layer, 1X793 battery , 2M400 battery , 2P700 battery and a layer of platinum (Pt) and titanium as the other side of the electrode (cathode). Will be the order of the two electrodes surrounding the glass fiber; In addition to the two ends of the glass fiber, the entire solar cells are covered with titanium. Light from one end of glass fiber penetration into the solar light will be absorbed by the dye, BDM01 battery and converted into electricity; and if the fiber is tilted slightly in the light away from the other side before, it is not on the surface of caused entirely reflective glass. At present, the solar cell conversion efficiency shown in the use of a dye is only slightly higher than the case of 1%; the figure too low a bit, 7T670 battery , 851UY battery and as a result of the use of glass fiber cells are 9mm in diameter, length only about 1.5 cm, so 90% about the incident from one end of fiber from the other side of the light out and not be converted. Solar cells the future of the net conversion rate (net conversion efficiency) is expected to reach 10% of the issue of wasted light through optical fiber to increase or reduce the length of fiber diameter to overcome. And the new solar cell Dye-sensitized with the standard HD438 battery of one of the biggest differences is the new 6Y270 battery does not use a transparent electrode (transparent conductive oxide film TCO); researchers have not been planning to use the existing dye-sensitized cells used in the past infrared (near-infrared) energy, to generate electricity.