Apparatus for manufacturing dye-sensitized solar cell, and method of manufacturing dye-sensitized solar cell

摘要

In an apparatus for manufacturing a dye-sensitized solar cell, a photosensitization dye solution makes contact with an electrode material layer that functions as a working electrode of a dye-sensitized solar cell so that the photosensitizing dye is adsorbed on the layer. Such an apparatus for manufacturing a dye-sensitized solar cell has a substrate housing section to house a substrate with the electrode material layer formed on its surface, and a circulation mechanism to circulate the photosensitization dye solution in such a way that the solution passes a surface of the substrate housed in the substrate housing section. In such an apparatus, a cross-sectional area of a flow path for the photosensitization dye solution in a portion facing the substrate in the substrate housing section is set smaller than a cross-sectional area of a flow path for the photosensitization dye solution in other portions.

主权项

1. An apparatus for manufacturing a dye-sensitized solar cell, comprising:
a substrate housing section forming a sealing container configured to house a substrate having an electrode material layer formed on a surface of the substrate; and a circulation mechanism configured to circulate a photosensitization dye solution such that the photosensitization dye solution passes over the surface of the substrate housed in the substrate housing section and makes contact with the electrode material layer and that a photosensitizing dye is adsorbed on the electrode material layer, wherein the substrate housing section has a flow path having a cross-sectional area perpendicular to a flow direction of the photosensitization dye solution in the substrate housing section such that the flow path includes a narrow path portion having the cross-sectional area which is extending over the substrate and set smaller than the cross-sectional area of other portions of the flow path.