Biomimetic Dye Aggregate Solar Cells

von Peter L. Marek

163 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

This thesis describes a new approach to the construction of
solar cells
. Following nature's example, this approach has the goal to find a biomimetic self-assembling dye, whose aggregates can mimic the natural light-harvesting system of special photosynthetic active bacteria. The thesis investigates methods to control the self-assembly such that suitable dye aggregates are formed with high internal order and size-confinement. The dye aggregates can be implemented into a new type of
solar cells
, designed to combine the advantages of
hybrid solar cells
and
solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells
(ss-DSSCs): dye aggregate solar cells (DASCs). This book describes the construction and first tests of a prototype for DASCs on the basis of the investigated dye aggregates. The described approach has the advantage that it will enable to build up a light-harvesting system fully synthetically in large scale in order to realize low-cost, light-weight and environmentally friendly solar cells - a worthwhile goal towards the exploitation of clean energy from sunlight.

• Reihe: Springer Theses
• ISBN: 9783319342856
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 23.08.2016
• Genre: Chemie/Physikalische Chemie
• Verlag: Springer International Publishing