Diatom frustules as light traps enhance DSSC efficiency

作者:Toster Jeremiah; Iyer K Swaminathan; Xiang Wanchun; Rosei Federico; Spiccia Leone; Raston Colin L*
来源:Nanoscale, 2013, 5(3): 873-876.
DOI:10.1039/c2nr32716c

摘要

Diatoms are one of the most successful photosynthetic organisms and given the important role that their shells (frustules) play in light trapping we explored their use in multilayered materials for application as photoanodes in dye sensitised solar cells (DSSCs). We find a substantial improvement in energy conversion efficiency of 30%, increasing from 3.5% to 4.6% with diatom incorporation.

  • 出版日期2013