03699nas a2200397 a 4500 20260818113237.0 090414s2007 th uu|m rtt 0| a1eng d .b12011058 AIT Thesis no.ME-07-03 Islam, Naveed Ul Fabrication of dye sensitized solar cell (DSSC) : focusing on improvement in cell performance Pathum Thani, Thailand : Asian Institute of Technology, 2007 55 leaves : ill. Thesis ; no. ME-07-03 A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Engineering in Microelectronics, School of Engineering and Technology Thesis (M.Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2007 The continuous growing demand of energy and in the parallel a sharp decrease of present energy reserves has focused the world attention to look for some alternate energy resources. Of all the available alternate energy resources solar energy is the only one that is available in maximum parts of the world. Unfortunately, at present no device is available that canfeasibly convert the solar energy into electrical energy such that it could be used as a main stream energy resource at affordable cost. It is this feasibility requirement that gave rise to the concept of Dye Sensitized Solar Cell (DSSC) which has the advantages of lower material cost and ease of fabrication. Still in infancy, this technology needs further performance improvements to become comparable with solid state solar cells and that is the ultimate goal set for this thesis work. This thesis report starts with the basic introduction to already eXIstmg photovoltaic technologies and the problems associated with them to become a main steam energy source. Chapter 2 gives a detailed understanding of standard DSSC concept. Performance limiting factors of the cell have also been discussed with possible solutions. As a major task of the present work, the fabrication of DSSC carried out in the NanoLab is explained in chapter 3 including complete design details of each fabrication step_ The fabricated DSSC exhibited the standard performance parameters giving a confidence to think of some innovations in the present cell structure for performance improvement. The important part of the present work involves the modification of DSSC photoelectrode with gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) that has been efficiently synthesized within the pores of semiconductor film. With this new DSSC structure an efficiency of about 10% with a fill factor of about 68% has been obtained Photovoltaic power system Dutta, Joydeep, Chairperson Manukid Parnichkun, Examination Committee Chanchana Thanachayanont, Examination committee Higher Education Commission (HEC), Pakistan, Scholarship donor Asian Institute of Technology Fellowship, Scholarship donor Asian Institute of Technology. Thesis ; no. ME-07-03 Full-Text http://203.159.5.9/ait-thesis/detail.php?q=B11076 .b12011058 mnait u 240401 0 090414 m a u 0 mnait mnarc 22 40 Barcode : 30050120657811 CREATED : 2014-01-04 RECORD # : i12784576 LPATRON : 1027504 LCHKIN : 2018-09-29 # RENEWALS : 0 # OVERDUE : 0 IUSE3 : 0 TOT CHKOUT : 1 TOT RENEW : 2 Barcode : 30050160027875 CREATED : 2016-03-17 RECORD # : i12895374 LPATRON : 0 LCHKIN : - # RENEWALS : 0 # OVERDUE : 0 IUSE3 : 0 TOT CHKOUT : 0 TOT RENEW : 0 42742 42742 0 0 0 0 MAIN MAIN mnait 2026-08-18 50.00 0 AIT Thesis no.ME-07-03 30050120657811 2026-08-18 11:32:37 3 2026-08-18 22 0 0 0 0 MAIN MAIN mnarc 2026-08-18 0 AIT Thesis no.ME-07-03 30050160027875 2026-08-18 11:32:37 1 2026-08-18 40