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Biomimetic Dye Aggregate Solar Cells

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  • © 2013

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Authors:
  1. Peter L. Marek

    1. Karlsruhe, Germany

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  • Nominated by the Technical University of Darmstadt (Germany) as an outstanding PhD thesis
  • Exploits new ways to self-assembling dye aggregates for solar cells
  • Develops a new solar cell prototype on the basis of the dye aggregates: dye aggregate solar cells (DASCs)
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
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  2. Introduction

    • Peter L. Marek
    Pages 1-4

  3. Biomimetic Light-Harvesting

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 5-5
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    2. Theory and Literature Survey: Biomimetic Light-Harvesting

      • Peter L. Marek
      Pages 7-26

    3. Controlling the Self-Assembly of Zinc Porphyrin P2

      • Peter L. Marek
      Pages 27-90

    4. Conclusion: Biomimetic Light-Harvesting

      • Peter L. Marek
      Pages 91-92

  4. Application of BLH to Solar Cells

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 93-93
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    2. Theory and Literature Survey: Application of BLH to Solar Cells

      • Peter L. Marek
      Pages 95-116

    3. Construction of Solar Cells

      • Peter L. Marek
      Pages 117-143

    4. Results and Discussion: Application of BLH to Solar Cells

      • Peter L. Marek
      Pages 145-147

    5. Conclusion: Application of BLH to Solar Cells

      • Peter L. Marek
      Pages 149-151

    6. General Conclusion

      • Peter L. Marek
      Pages 153-155

    7. Outlook

      • Peter L. Marek
      Pages 157-157

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 159-163
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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.

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  • Karlsruhe, Germany

    Peter L. Marek

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