IP Library Granted Patent US 8,835,755
Granted Patent B2
US 8,835,755 · App. 12/373,027 · Granted Sep 16, 2014

Dye-sensitized solar cell, and electrode and laminated film for the same

Inventors: Rei Nishio (Anpachi-gun, JP); Koji Kubo (Anapachi-gun, JP); Shinya Komura (Iwakuni, JP); Takanori Miyoshi (Iwakuni, JP)
Assignees: Teijin Dupont Films Japan Limited; Teijin Limited
H01G9/2031Y02E10/542H01G9/2059H01M14/005H01G9/2095
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Patent No.
US 8,835,755
App. No.
12/373,027
Granted
Sep 16, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A laminated film comprising a porous semiconductor layer, a transparent conductive layer and a transparent plastic film, wherein the porous semiconductor layer comprises crystalline titanium oxide fibers and crystalline titanium oxide fine particles, the crystalline titanium oxide fibers and the crystalline titanium oxide fine particles are substantially composed of an anatase phase and a rutile phase, the anatase phase content ratio calculated from the integral intensity ratio of X-ray diffraction is between 1.00 and 0.32, and the laminated film is used in an electrode for dye-sensitized solar cells, and the electrode and a dye-sensitized solar cell comprising the same.

Claims (6)

1. A laminated film comprising a porous semiconductor layer, a transparent conductive layer and a transparent plastic film, wherein

the porous semiconductor layer comprises crystalline titanium oxide fibers having a fiber diameter of 50 to 1,000 nm and a fiber length/fiber diameter ratio of 5 or more and being in a non-woven state in an amount of 10 wt % or more and crystalline titanium oxide fine particles having a particle diameter of 2 to 46 nm in an amount of 15 wt % or more, the crystalline titanium oxide fibers and the crystalline titanium oxide fine particles are substantially composed of an anatase phase and a rutile phase, the anatase phase content ratio calculated from the integral intensity ratio of X-ray diffraction is between 1.00 and 0.32, and the laminated film is used in an electrode for dye-sensitized solar cells.

2. The laminated film according to claim 1 , wherein an average crystallite size measured by the X-ray diffraction of the anatase phase of the porous semiconductor layer is 10 to 100 nm.

3. An electrode for dye-sensitized solar cells which comprises the laminated film of claim 1 and a dye adsorbed to the porous semiconductor layer of the laminated film.

4. A dye-sensitized solar cell comprising the electrode of claim 3 .

5. The laminated film according to claim 1 , wherein the transparent plastic film is of polyethylene-2,6-naphthalate.

Assignments (6)
MERGER Recorded Jul 6, 2021
From: TOYOBO FILM SOLUTIONS LIMITED
To: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 056768/0823 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 2, 2021
From: TEIJIN FILM SOLUTIONS LIMITED
To: TOYOBO FILM SOLUTIONS LIMITED
Reel/Frame 056752/0380 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 1, 2021
From: TEIJIN DUPONT FILMS JAPAN LIMITED
To: TEIJIN FILM SOLUTIONS LIMITED
Reel/Frame 056750/0912 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 29, 2021
From: TEIJIN LIMITED
To: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 056702/0015 →
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Jun 28, 2021
From: TEIJIN LIMITED
To: TEIJIN LIMITED
Reel/Frame 056697/0297 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 8, 2009
From: NISHIO, REI; KUBO, KOJI; KOMURA, SHINYA; MIYOSHI, TAKANORI
To: TEIJIN DUPONT FILMS JAPAN LIMITED; TEIJIN LIMITED
Reel/Frame 022079/0239 →
Continuity (1)
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