Clarification of Catalytic Effect on Large Stretchable and Compressible Rubber Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

Kunio Shimada,Ryo Ikeda,Hideharu Takahashi,Hiroshige Kikura

doi:10.3390/en13246658

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Journal: Energies	Publication Date: Dec 17, 2020
Citations: 1	License type: CC BY 4.0

Affiliation: Fukushima University, Tokyo Institute of Technology

Abstract

Rubber involving magnetic compound fluid (MCF) and TiO2 is effective in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) to create large efficacy. Wearable and portable solar cells made of MCF rubber are the most desirable as soft materials in robots or flexible devices, and they are further desirable because they have self-generated power and power supply with sensing. Therefore, we investigated the effect of TiO2 catalysts on the photovoltaic effect of MCF rubber DSSCs under large tension and compression. The characteristics of the built-in electricity and photoelectricity were clarified experimentally. The experimental results were explained by a chemical–photovoltaic mechanism involving the behavior of dye, electrolytes, water, and rubber molecules, as well as a catalytic effect of the metal component of the MCF on Ni, Fe3O4, and TiO2. Once we are able to produce solar cells that have large tension and compression, the present experimental results and the model of the chemical–photovoltaic mechanism will be of great interest.

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The problem of global energy consumption is being addressed in order to resolve the continuously ascending consumption of energy that boosts global warming and acid rain
Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) [12,13] such as Gratzel-type solar cells [14] and Perovskite-type solar cells [15] are well known to be lightweight low-cost cells. These organic solar cells are viable materials in the creation of flexible engineering instruments that lead to wearable and portable electronic devices, as opposed to rigid-type solar cells made of solid semiconductors such as silicon and metal glass
We investigated the effect of TiO2 as a catalyst on the photovoltaic effect of magnetic compound fluid (MCF) rubber dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) under tension and compression

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The problem of global energy consumption is being addressed in order to resolve the continuously ascending consumption of energy that boosts global warming and acid rain. Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) [12,13] such as Gratzel-type solar cells [14] and Perovskite-type solar cells [15] are well known to be lightweight low-cost cells. These organic solar cells are viable materials in the creation of flexible engineering instruments that lead to wearable and portable electronic devices, as opposed to rigid-type solar cells made of solid semiconductors such as silicon and metal glass. Q in solar cells has been utilized as a substrate of layered materials for photovoltaics, in which case it is not metamorphosed to bring about the photovoltaics [28]. Neither the effects of tension and compression on photovoltaic properties nor Energies 2020, 13, 6658; doi:10.3390/en13246658 www.mdpi.com/journal/energies

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