TY - CHAP AU - N. Stem AU - E. F. Chinaglia AU - S. G. dos Santos Filho ED - Leonid A. Kosyachenko Y1 - 2011-11-09 PY - 2011 T1 - Physical and Optical Properties of Microscale Meshes of Ti3O5 Nano- and Microfibers Prepared via Annealing of C-Doped TiO2 Thin Films Aiming at Solar Cell and Photocatalysis Applications N2 - The second book of the four-volume edition of "Solar cells" is devoted to dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs), which are considered to be extremely promising because they are made of low-cost materials with simple inexpensive manufacturing procedures and can be engineered into flexible sheets. DSSCs are emerged as a truly new class of energy conversion devices, which are representatives of the third generation solar technology. Mechanism of conversion of solar energy into electricity in these devices is quite peculiar. The achieved energy conversion efficiency in DSSCs is low, however, it has improved quickly in the last years. It is believed that DSSCs are still at the start of their development stage and will take a worthy place in the large-scale production for the future. BT - Solar Cells SP - Ch. 7 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/22498 DO - 10.5772/22498 SN - PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-03-28 ER -