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20090126784 | DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL USING CONDUCTIVE FIBER ELECTRODE - Provided is a dye-sensitized solar cell including a flexible electrode. The dye-sensitized solar cell includes: first and second electrodes facing each other, and an electrolyte layer interposed between the first and second electrodes, wherein the first electrode comprises a structure formed of conductive fibers, a nano-particle semiconductor oxide layer formed on a surface of the structure of the conductive fibers, and dye molecules adsorbed in the nano-particle semiconductor oxide layer. | 05-21-2009 |
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20090032104 | DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL HAVING IMPROVED ENERGY CONVERSION EFFICIENCY AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - Provided are a dye-sensitized solar cell with increased energy conversion efficiency, and a method of fabricating the same. The dye-sensitized solar cell is provided with a semiconductor electrode layer including hollow-shaped semiconductor particles and a dye layer adsorbed on the surface of the semiconductor electrode layer, and the dye layer is adsorbed on the outer and inner surfaces of the semiconductor particles. | 02-05-2009 |
20090101198 | DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - Provided are a dye-sensitized solar cell and a method of fabricating the same. The dye-sensitized solar cell includes a lower substrate and an upper substrate separated from each other, a semiconductor electrode layer on the lower substrate, a dye layer adsorbed onto a surface of the semiconductor electrode layer, and an electrolyte between the lower and upper substrates. Here, an upper surface of the lower substrate adjacent to the semiconductor electrode layer includes at least one recess for increasing a contact area between the semiconductor electrode layer and the lower substrate. | 04-23-2009 |
20090320914 | DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - Provided are a dye-sensitized solar cell and a method of fabricating the same. The dye-sensitized solar cell includes an electrode structure including a conductive layer having pores that are regularly arranged, a semiconductor oxide layer disposed on a surface of the conductive layer, and a dye layer disposed on a surface of the semiconductor oxide layer. | 12-31-2009 |
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20100212093 | System for Cleaning Surface of Solar Cell Panel - There is provided a system for cleaning a surface of a solar cell panel. The system includes a measurement unit measuring a power generation value of a solar cell panel, a reference unit providing a reference value, a control unit comparing the power generation value measured at the measurement unit with the reference value provided from the reference unit to command cleaning of the solar cell panel, a driving unit operating a cleaning apparatus for cleaning a surface of the solar cell panel. The control unit commands cleaning of the solar cell panel only when the power generation value decreases because of a contamination of the surface of the solar cell panel. | 08-26-2010 |
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