Biomimetic Dye Aggregate Solar Cells

By Peter L. Marek

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319342851
• ISBN13: 9783319342856
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 163 Pages
• Weight: 0.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"