介绍了新型低成本纳米氧化物染料敏化太阳能电池的优势特点及基本原理。纳米氧化物材料在染料敏化太阳能电池的光阳极和电解质中有着特殊的应用,在电池中起到了非常关键的作用。围绕电池中光阳极和电解质所用的纳米氧化物材料,结合清华大学科研实例,综述了光阳极用纳米氧化物的制备方法及性能,分析了电子传递和复合对电池性能的影响,以及纳米材料的包覆对减少电子复合的作用,指出一维纳米氧化物材料可以形成光阳极中的电荷通道。对于低温纳米氧化物薄膜成膜方法及其在柔性太阳能电池中的应用也做了详细评述。另外,还介绍了纳米氧化物在准固态太阳能电池中的应用。
The superiority and the principle of a novel,low-cost solar cells based on dye-sensitized nano-oxides(DSCs) are repre-sented.Nano-oxides have some special applications in the photoanodes and electrolytes of DSCs.Based on our recent work on DSCs,the developments on nano-oxides for photoanodes and electrolytes are reviewed.The preparation methods of nano-oxides used in photoanodes are introduced,and the performance,such as electron transfer and recombination in photoanodes are discussed.Low-temperature methods and performances of nano-oxides used in flexible solar cells are reviewed in detail.The quasi-solid state solar cells based on nano-oxides are also presented.