dye sensitized solar cells

(Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) In a paper published online June 29 in the journal Nature Materials, EPFL professor Michael Graetzel, Shaik Zakeeruddin and colleagues from the Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry at the Chinese Academy of Sciences have achieved a record light conversion efficiency of 8.2 percent in solvent-free dye-sensitized solar cells.

A cheap alternative to silicon solar cells can be found in dye-sensitized solar cells. This type of cell imitates the natural conversion of sunlight into energy by, for instance, plants and light-sensitive bacteria.

Researchers have now succeeded in substantially improving a process in this type of solar cell, which is similar to Graetzel cells.

A cheap alternative to silicon solar cells can be found in dye-sensitized solar cells. This type of cell imitates the natural conversion of sunlight into energy by, for instance, plants and light-sensitive bacteria.

Annemarie Huijser has succeeded in substantially improving a process in this type of solar cell, which is similar to Graetzel cells.

Huijser will receive her PhD on this subject from TU Delft on Tuesday, March 25.