(DOWNLOAD) "Biomimetic Dye Aggregate Solar Cells" by Peter L. Marek ~ Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Biomimetic Dye Aggregate Solar Cells
- Author : Peter L. Marek
- Release Date : January 03, 2013
- Genre: Science & Nature,Books,Professional & Technical,Engineering,Power Resources,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 4797 KB
Description
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.