Biomimetic Dye Aggregate Solar Cells [electronic resource]

• Tác giả: Peter L Marek
• ISBN-13: 978-3319006369
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 541.2 Theoretical chemistry
• Thông tin xuất bản: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Mô tả vật lý: XX, 163 p. 87 illus., 44 illus. in color. , online resource.
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 309342
• Chủ đề: 1. Energy harvesting; 2. Nanochemistry; 3. Nanoscience; 4. Optical materials

Tóm tắt

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.