A method for manufacturing a photoelectric conversion device, that includes: forming a laminate structure of a substrate, a transparent electrode, an active layer produced by wet-coating, and a counter electrode, stacked in this order; and thereafter forming a cavity by: (a) pressing an adhesive material just against a defect formed on the surface of said counter electrode, and then peeling off said adhesive material together with said defect and the peripheral part thereof; or (b) sucking a defect formed on the surface of said counter electrode, so as to remove said defect and the peripheral part thereof, where said cavity penetrates through the counter electrode and unreached to the transparent electrode.

A solar cell module (100) includes: one or more cells that are enclosed by a barrier packaging material (13A, 13B) and that include first and second base plates (3, 7) and a functional layer; and first and second lead-out electrodes (11A, 11B) that are respectively connected to electrodes (2, 6) disposed at the sides of the respective base plates (3, 7) via first and second electrical connectors (12A, 12B). The lead-out electrodes (11A, 11B) each include a conductor. The barrier packaging material (13A, 13B) includes at least one seal (14) that extends either or both of the lead-out electrodes (11A, 11B) from the solar cell module (100). Gaps between the conductors of the lead-out electrodes (11A, 11B) and the barrier packaging material (13A, 13B) at the at least one seal (14) are filled by a cured product of a crosslinkable adhesive composition (15).

The invention discloses a perovskite solar cell and a method of fabrication thereof. The perovskite solar cell sequentially comprises a transparent electrode, a mesoporous P-I-N framework and a counter electrode from the bottom to top; the mesoporous P-I-N framework is composed of an n-type semiconductor layer, an insulating layer, and a p-type semiconductor layer in a sequentially stacked mode, and the n-type semiconductor layer, the insulating layer and the p-type semiconductor layer all comprise mesopores filled with a perovskite material. The preparation method sequentially includes preparing the mesoporous P-I-N framework on a transparent conductive substrate through a spin-coating method or a screen printing method, filling with the perovskite material and preparing the counter electrode layer.

In one aspect of the invention, a dye sensitized solar cell has a counter-electrode including carbon-titania nanocomposite thin films made by forming a carbon-based ink; forming a titania (TiO.sub.2) solution; blade-coating a mechanical mixture of the carbon-based ink and the titania solution onto a substrate; and annealing the blade-coated substrate at a first temperature for a first period of time to obtain the carbon-based titania nanocomposite thin films. In certain embodiments, the carbon-based titania nanocomposite thin films may include solvent-exfoliated graphene titania (SEG-TiO.sub.2) nanocomposite thin films, or single walled carbon nanotube titania (SWCNT-TiO.sub.2) nanocomposite thin films.

A dye-sensitized solar cell module (1) has at least two dye-sensitized solar cell units (2a-c) arranged adjacent each other and connected in series. Each dye-sensitized solar cell module has a porous insulating substrate (7), a first porous conducting layer (4) formed on one side of the porous insulating substrate (7) and a second porous conducting layer (5) formed on an opposite side of the porous insulating substrate (7). A series connecting element (6) penetrates through the porous insulating substrate (7) and extends between the first porous conducting layer (4) of one of the cell units and the second porous conducting layer (5) of the adjacent cell unit. Each of the cell units is surrounded by an ion barrier (12) in the form of a non-porous layer penetrating through the porous insulating substrate (7) to prevent the electrolyte from leaking to an adjacent cell unit.

A photovoltaic system including a solar cell having a hysteretic behavior; and a power device configured to extract a maximum power from the solar cell by forcing power oscillations of the power output by the solar cell.

The invention relates to the use of halogenated histidine derivatives as electrolyte salts in the preparation of an electrolyte composition in a photoelectrochemical cell based on the sensitization to light of photoactive molecules, and also to a photoelectrochemical cell based on the sensitization to light of photoactive molecules comprising an electrolyte composition comprising at least one halogenated histidine derivative as electrolyte salt.

The present invention relates to a photovoltaic element comprising one front electrode and one further electrode comprising respectively one glass substrate and one electrically conductive electrode layer which is disposed on the glass substrate, at least two porous carrier layers which are disposed between the two electrodes, the two electrodes being connected to the adjacent porous carrier layers without a spatial interval, a plurality of glass solder webs disposed between the two electrodes for fixing the at least two porous carrier layers, and at least one photovoltaically active material which is introduced into the at least two porous carrier layers and has a concentration gradient.

The present invention relates to a dye-sensitized solar cell electrode and a dye-sensitized solar cell including the same. A membrane is formed on a surface of a working electrode, thereby preventing a dye from being separated from an oxide semiconductor layer. The membrane is formed on a surface of a counter electrode, thereby enabling electrolyte elements (I.sup., I.sub.3.sup., etc.) to be passed therethrough while not allowing the dye to be adsorbed. The reliability and efficiency of a dye-sensitized solar cell be improved.

A photoelectric conversion element includes: a transparent substrate; and a photoelectric conversion cell disposed on one surface of the transparent substrate, the photoelectric conversion cell includes: an electrode disposed on the one surface of the transparent substrate; a counter substrate facing the electrode and including a metal substrate; and a sealing portion disposed between the transparent substrate and the counter substrate, and the photoelectric conversion element further includes: a connecting terminal that faces the one surface of the transparent substrate and is disposed an outside of the sealing portion; and a conductive member that includes a wiring part connecting the metal substrate of the photoelectric conversion cell and the connecting terminal.