随着人们对于能源需求量的增加,染料敏化太阳能电池作为一种清洁的能量收集装置得到广泛研究。染料敏化太阳能电池是通过染料来获得光电子,利用自身的氧化还原产生电流,但由于光阳极材料的比表面积和电子传输速率提升困难等因素,在实际应用中受到限制。总结了染料敏化太阳能电池的结构和工作原理和研究进展,对它们的优缺点进行分析,提出染料敏化太阳能电池发展中存在的问题和挑战,并对染料敏化太阳能电池光阳极的趋势进行了展望。
With the increase of people's demand for energy,dye-sensitized solar cells,as clean energy collection devices,have been widely studied.Dye-sensitized solar cells obtain photoelectrons through dyes and generate electric current by their own redox processes.However,due to difficulties in improving the specific surface area and the electron transfer rate of photoanode materials,they are limited in practical applications.In this paper,the structure,working principle and research progress of dye-sensitized solar cells were summarized,their advantages and disadvantages were analyzed,the existing problems and challenges in the development of dye-sensitized solar cells were put forward,and the research trend of dye-sensitized solar cells photoanode was prospected.
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基金资助
安徽理工大学环境友好材料与职业健康研究院(芜湖)研发专项(ALW2020YF02);2021年国家级大学生创新创业训练计划项目(202110361071);安徽理工大学2021年研究生创新基金项目(2021CX2084);2022年光电材料与技术国家重点实验室开放课题(OEMT-2022-KF-04)