Dye Sensitized Solar Cells (DSSC)

Source: PrintedElectronicsWorld /22 August 2008
http://printedelectronics.idtechex.com/printedelectronicsworld/articles/...

Source: Dataweek.co.za, 3 September 2008,
Information from Frost & Sullivan Technical Insights

Source: Ad-hoc-news.de, 18 Sept 2008
http://www.ad-hoc-news.de/drucken--/de/Wirtschaft-Boerse/Marktberichte/1...

Eight teams get $10m grants for clean energy research projects

Source: StraightTimes, Singapore, July 4, 2008
http://www.straitstimes.com/Latest%2BNews/Singapore/STIStory_254527.html

by Lewis Brindley, ChemistryWorld-RSC, 01 July 2008
http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2008/July/01070801.asp

Source: ScienceDaily, June 18, 2008
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080616163421.htm

by Gavin Armstrong, Nature Chemistry
http://www.nature.com/nchem/reshigh/2008/0708/full/nchem.34.html

The electrolytes of high-performance dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs) have previously contained volatile solvents, which need robust encapsulation if they are to be used outdoors. Now, Michael Graetzel and co-workers from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology and the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Changchun have developed stable and solvent-free ionic liquid electrolytes through the rational mixing of three solid imidazolium salts [1].

By Matt McGrath. BBC science correspondent, 11 July 2008
Source: BBC News
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7501476.stm

A new way of capturing the energy from the Sun could increase the power generated by solar panels tenfold, a team of American scientists has shown. The new technique involves coating glass with a specific mixture of transparent dyes which redirect light to photovoltaic cells in the frame.

Source: Controlled Environments Magazine / May 12, 2008
http://www.cemag.us/News_Articles.asp?pid=356

Source: ScienceDaily, Apr. 10, 2008
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/04/080410140451.htm

A new approach is able to create a dramatic improvement in cheap solar cells now being developed in laboratories. By using a popcorn-ball design -- tiny kernels clumped into much larger porous spheres -- researchers at the University of Washington are able to manipulate light and more than double the efficiency of converting solar energy to electricity. The findings were presented in New Orleans at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society April 10.