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Optical Spectrocopy on Nanostructrured Materials

Solar cells are designed to transform the optical energy into electrical energy. Using solar energy is the best way for humans to solve the energy shortage problem. Dye sensitized solar cell(DSSC) has a low cost and helps people to obtain the solar energy expediently. The DSSC is based on nano structured TiO2 ; and dye molecules help the particles of TiO2 to absorb more photons. Hence DSSC has higher efficiency than SC(solar cell without dye). This thesis elaborates and analyzes the dye which is sensitized to TiO2. The absorption spectrum of the dye was achieved. Two kinds of dye sample were made on the basis of their places in structure of TiO2. One dye sample is solution, nanopowder of the dye in aceton. The other dye sample is film, thin film on a quartz plate. The absorption spectrums of the samples have been measured in laboratory. The measurement suggests that the dye works improves the absorption of solar energy in DSSC. This thesis mainly contains the following sections: Chapter I reviews the solar energy technology development, the research purposes, and the principles of DSSC. Chapter II introduces the theory of optical spectroscopy. Chapter III and Chapter IV describe the apparatus employed in this experimental system, the experimental method, and the testing results. Chapter V gives the conclusions drawn from the experiments.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:kth-174866
Date January 2015
CreatorsXu, Chenzhi
PublisherKTH, Skolan för informations- och kommunikationsteknik (ICT)
Source SetsDiVA Archive at Upsalla University
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeStudent thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text
Formatapplication/pdf
Rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
RelationTRITA-ICT-EX ; 2015:36

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