Proceedings of 6th International Conference on Hybrid and Organic Photovoltaics (HOPV14)
Publication date: 1st March 2014
Dye sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) provide a credible alternative to the conventional photovoltaic devices. They can be fabricated from inexpensive oxide nanoparticles and coordination complexes or organic dyes without expensive vacuum processing or high temperatures required for Si-based or thin film solar cells. However, the route towards the commercialization of DSSCs is not flat. Facing up the sharp drop of the price of Si-based solar cells, the cost decrease of DSSCs becomes a newly generated and imminent problem. The simplifying of the cell manufacturing processes such as dyeing and encapsulation, the design of the corresponding machines to finish these processes, and the integration of all processing steps into a continuous production line are other crucial problems we should have to overcome for the realization of the commercialization of DSSCs.
In this presentation, we will talk the route towards the commercialization of DSSCs in China. We focus our research on the cost decrease of the key materials and their mass production. Also, we try to establish an automatic production line (MW-scale) to manufacture the cells. Furthermore, we will demonstrate the BIPV application of various DSSC modules to assemble a sustainable and green city building.