A Solid Advancement for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

摘要

Concerns about global warming and depleting fossil fuel reserves are currently defining a pressing need to fundamentally change our energy sources and the way we use energy. Solar energy, available in great abundance, will most likely play a central role in this transformation. While crystalline silicon modules still dominate today's photovoltaics market, new solar cell technologies relying on thin films are on the rise. Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs) are one of these emerging concepts. As they are based on low-cost materials and high-throughput, low-tech fabrication techniques such as roll-to-roll printing, they show great promise to be highly competitive in both cost- and energy-payback time.