Patent ID: 9064637
Filing Date: 2015-06-23
Classification: H01G,Y02E

Abstract:
1. A dye-sensitized solar cell comprising: a base material for the dye-sensitized solar cell that functions as an electrode, has flexibility, and has a porous layer, containing a dye-sensitizer-supported fine particle of a metal oxide semiconductor, provided on one surface of the base material for the dye-sensitized solar cell; a counter electrode base material that is arranged so as to oppose the base material for the dye-sensitized solar cell, functions as an electrode, and has flexibility; and a solid electrolyte layer that is provided between the base material for the dye-sensitized solar cell and the counter electrode base material so as to come into contact with the porous layer, wherein at least one of the base material for the dye-sensitized solar cell and the counter electrode base material has transparency; at least one of the base material for the dye-sensitized solar cell and the counter electrode base material has an insulating layer provided on a surface thereof; the insulating layer is provided in a region which surrounds a porous layer-forming region where the porous layer is formed, and which is where the base material for the dye-sensitized solar cell and the counter electrode base material are opposed to each other; the insulating layer has an external communication portion that leads from an inside of the porous layer-forming region to outside; and the external communication portion is a void space which is directly between the insulating layer and one of the base material for the dye-sensitized solar cell and the counter electrode base material.