Feasibility Assessment of a New Low-Cost TiO2 Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell Technology for Use in High-Volume Applications

该项目旨在研究、评估和量化基于纳米结构二氧化钛原子层沉积(ALD)的新开发的染料敏化太阳能电池(DSC)技术的技术和商业可行性。支持ALD的二氧化钛DSC技术将钛材料的使用量减少了300倍，实现了13.4%的创纪录效率。这可能会将太阳能电池的成本降低到目前商业化产品的30%，使更多的应用程序能够从太阳能中受益。在该项目期间，将建造和测试一个35厘米x 35厘米的ALD-DSC模块原型，并评估用于大批量生产的制造工艺。此外，该技术在成本和效率方面的经济性将被量化，用于包括消费电子产品和透明玻璃窗在内的大批量应用。

The project aims to study, assess and quantify the technical and commercial feasibility of a newly developed Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell (DSC) technology based on Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) of nanostructured TiO2. The ALD-enabled TiO2 DSC technology reduces Titanium material use by x300 and achieves a record efficiency of 13.4%. This can potentially reduce the cost of solar cells to 30% of today's commercially available products, enabling far greater applications to benefit from the solar energy. During the project, a prototype 35cm x 35cm ALD-DSC module will be built and tested and the manufacturing processes for high-volume production will be assessed. In addition, the economics of the technology with respect to its cost and efficiency will be quantified for high-volume applications including consumer electronics and transparent glass windows.