Abstract:
Method for filling with liquid a semi-manufactured product for a liquid-containing photovoltaic element, which semi-manufactured product comprises at least one plate-like work electrode and a plate-like counter-electrode adhered thereto by means of a vapour and liquid-tight peripheral edge, wherein between the work electrode, the counter-electrode and the peripheral edge a space is provided for receiving a liquid, comprising the steps of (i) providing said semi-manufactured product, (ii) arranging a filling opening as desired in the work electrode or the counter-electrode, (iii) placing the semi-manufactured product with the filling opening directed upward on a horizontally placed rotatable disc in a manner such that the filling opening extends round the rotation axis of the disc within a circle of a predetermined radius R, (iv) placing around the filling opening on the semi-manufactured product a holder with a flat underside and provided with an opening, wherein the opening has at least an internal diameter 2R and the outer diameter of the holder on its underside is smaller than the smallest surface area dimension of the semi-manufactured product, (v) introducing liquid into the holder and causing rotation of the disc with the semi-manufactured product and the holder placed thereon at a rotation speed and for a period such that the space in the semi-manufactured product is completely filled with liquid under the influence of centrifugal forces and the gravitational force acting on the liquid, and (vi) sealing the filling opening, and apparatus for performing this method.
Abstract:
Method for dyeing a layer of a nanocrystalline material on a substrate using a liquid dye, comprising the successive steps of (i) providing said layer on a substrate, (ii) providing an apparatus for dyeing said layer, which apparatus comprises at least a supply container for the liquid dye, a closable substrate holder provided with at least one inlet and at least one outlet for a substrate provided with a layer of nanocrystalline material, and conduit and circulation means for causing the liquid dye to circulate through the supply container and the substrate holder, (iii) placing the substrate with said layer in the substrate holder and closing the substrate holder, and providing a liquid dye in the supply container, and (iv) causing the liquid dye from the supply container to circulate for a determined time through the substrate holder, and apparatus for performing this method.
Abstract:
Method for dyeing a layer of a nanocrystalline material on a substrate using a liquid dye, comprising the successive steps of (i) providing said layer on a substrate, (ii) providing an apparatus for dyeing said layer, which apparatus comprises at least a supply container for the liquid dye, a closable substrate holder provided with at least one inlet and at least one outlet for a substrate provided with a layer of nanocrystalline material, and conduit and circulation means for causing the liquid dye to circulate through the supply container and the substrate holder, (iii) placing the substrate with said layer in the substrate holder and closing the substrate holder, and providing a liquid dye in the supply container, and (iv) causing the liquid dye from the supply container to circulate for a determined time through the substrate holder, and apparatus for performing this method.
Abstract:
El elemento fotovoltaico que contiene líquido (1; 10, 20) comprende un electrodo de trabajo tipo placa y un contra-electrodo tipo placa adherido a aquel por medio de un borde periférico hermético a gases y líquidos, en el cual cada electrodo de trabajo y cada contra-electrodo está formado sobre un sustrato plano (2, 2¿; 12, 12¿) provisto de una capa eléctricamente conductora (3, 3¿; 13, 13¿) y en el cual se recibe un líquido (8) en un espacio entre el electrodo de trabajo, el contra-electrodo y el borde periférico, un sistema de conductores eléctricos mutuamente conectados (4, 4¿; 14, 14¿) se provee sobre la capa conductora (3, 3¿; 13, 13¿) de cada un de los sustratos (2, 2¿; 12, 12¿) del electrodo de trabajo y el contra-electrodo los sistemas de conductores , (4, 4¿; 14, 14¿) tienen forma simétricamente especular uno con respecto al otro, los conductores (4, 4¿; 14, 14¿) están provistos de una capa (5, 5¿; 15, 15¿) de un material eléctrico aislante, caracterizado porque se provee al menosuna depresión (11, 11¿; 21, 21¿) en dicta capa aislante (5, 5¿; 15, 15¿) para un contacto eléctrico (9, 9¿; C, 19¿), en un conductor (4, 4¿; 14, 14¿), y porque el material eléctricamente aislante es un material adhesivo (5, 5¿; 15, 15¿).
Abstract:
Método de coloración de una capa de material nanocristalino sobre un sustrato (16) utilizando un colorante líquido, el cual comprende los siguientes pasos sucesivos: (i) proveer dicha capa sobre un sustrato (16), (ii) proveer un aparato para la coloración de dicha capa; dicho aparato comprende al menos un recipiente de alimentación para el colorante líquido, un soporte de sustrato que se puede volver a cerrar (1) para el sustrato (16) provisto de una capa de material nanocristalino, estando el soporte de sustrato provisto de al menos una entrada (2) y al menos una salida (3) que están conectadas mediante un conducto de circulación hacia el recipiente de alimentación, dicho aparato comprende además medios de conducción y circulación (6, 7, 8, 9) para hacer que el colorante líquido circule a través del recipiente de alimentación y del soporte de sustrato (1) y que fluya contra la capa de material nanocristalino (16), (iii) colocar el sustrato (16) con dicha capa en el soporte de sustrato (1)y ajustar el soporte de sustrato (1), y proveer un colorante líquido en el recipiente de alimentación y (iv) hacer que el colorante líquido del recipiente de alimentación circule durante un tiempo determinado a través de un soporte de sustrato (1) y que fluya contra la capa de material nanocristalino (16).
Abstract:
Liquid-containing photovoltaic element, comprising a platelike work electrode and a platelike counter-electrode adhered thereto by means of a vapour and liquid-tight peripheral edge, wherein the work electrode and the counter-electrode are each formed on a flat substrate provided with an electrically conductive layer and wherein a liquid is received into a space between the work electrode, the counter-electrode and the peripheral edge, wherein a system of mutually connected electrical conductors is provided on the conductive layer of each of the substrates for the work electrode and the counter-electrode, which conductors are provided with a layer of an electrically insulating material, in which layer there is provided at least one recess for an electrical contact on a conductor, and which systems of conductors have a mirror-symmetrical form relative to each other.