Solaronix - Everything Dye Solar Cell. Dye-sensitized solar cell. A selection of dye-sensitized solar cells The DSSC has a number of attractive features; it is simple to make using conventional roll-printing techniques, is semi-flexible and semi-transparent which offers a variety of uses not applicable to glass-based systems, and most of the materials used are low-cost.
In practice it has proven difficult to eliminate a number of expensive materials, notably platinum and ruthenium, and the liquid electrolyte presents a serious challenge to making a cell suitable for use in all weather. Team devises a better solar-powered water splitter. Steve Fyffe An interdisciplinary group of Stanford researchers from the engineering and chemistry departments have developed a new way to protect silicon semiconductors during water-splitting reactions.
Scientists say the breakthrough may hold the key to storing solar energy. Solar energy is fine when the sun is shining.