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Dye Sensitized Solar cell (DSC) is the third class of solar cell, which consists of a nanocrystalline, mesoporous of semiconductor(The best one is Tio2), covered with a monolayer of dye molecules, platinum coated on FTO as a counter electrode and a redox electrolyte. This Photovoltaic cell which is promising low-cost materials, works on electron separation of dye molecule, and electron injection to semiconductor’s conduction photo- electrode structure and its porosity is affected the DSC’s performance. Recently, use of electrophoretic deposition (EPD) for TiO2 electrode (which best found for photo-electrode in DSC) fabrication has gained increased interests. In this method charged particles... 

In this study, the effect of the Cu interlayer thickness was studied on St52 steel. Specimens with different thickness of the interlayer, were subjected to 1150 °C at different times. Isothermal solidification was completed for the thickness of the 50 μm, 30 μm, and 10 μm in 30, 25 and 20 minutes. Afterwards, homogenizing and dual-phase heat treatment were used for 75 minutes at 730°C. Optical microscopy and SEM were used to analyze the microstructure of the joints. Mechanical properties of the joints, including micro hardness of different parts of the joint and also shear strength of the joint zone were studied. The results show that after homogenizing treatment, microstructure and harness...