A theoretical study on third generation photovoltaic technology: Dye-sensitized solar cells

J. Gong; K. Sumathy

doi:10.24084/repqj10.256

A theoretical study on third generation photovoltaic technology: Dye-sensitized solar cells

J. Gong
, K. Sumathy

Penn State Erie, The Behrend College

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A numerical model has been developed to investigate the performance of dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) under extreme weather conditions. The main purpose of this work is to simulate the temperature influence on the overall efficiency of DSSCs with a consideration of the voltage loss at titanium dioxide (TiO₂)/ transparent conductive oxide (TCO) interface. Appropriate simulation input parameters are chosen to reflect the extreme winter weather conditions of Fargo, North Dakota. It is found that at the temperature 250 K (ca.-20 °C), the maximum power output is about 23 W/m² which is about 50% lower than the value at 340 K (ca. 70 °C). The study reveals that low temperature conditions have serious detrimental effects on the DSSCs’ performance.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	256
Pages (from-to)	157-160
Number of pages	4
Journal	Renewable Energy and Power Quality Journal
Volume	1
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.24084/repqj10.256
State	Published - Apr 2012

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