Patent ID: 8962980
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: H01G,H01L,Y02E,Y02P

Abstract:
1. A dye-sensitized solar cell comprising: a translucent substrate; a plurality of collecting electrode traces formed on said translucent substrate, said translucent substrate having a plurality of trenches, each trench being positioned between respective ones of said collecting electrode traces, each trench having a trapezoidal cross-sectional shape, said collecting electrode traces being absent in said trenches; a porous layer provided on and over aid collecting electrode traces and the trenches of said translucent substrate, with said trenches being filled with said porous layer, said porous layer directly contacting said translucent substrate; and at least one kind of sensitizing dye absorbed in the porous layer, said sensitizing dye releasing electrons upon excitation by light, the released electrons flowing from the sensitizing dye and into the collecting electrode traces.