Scientists from Japan and India have created a dye-sensitised solar cell (DSSC) with the highest recorded efficiency of 11.4%, breaking the record set five years ago.
In the search for alternative energy sources to silicon-based photovoltaic cells, DSSCs have been heavily researched. They are a promising option, as they have a low manufacturing cost and the potential for high efficiency. Unfortunately, their conversion efficiency is currently still below that of silicon cells and the research to improve them is extensive.
Interested to know more? Read the full article in Chemistry World here…
High-Efficiency Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell with a Novel Co-Adsorbent
Liyuan Han, Ashraful Islam, Han Chen, Chandrasekharam Malapaka, Shufang Zhang, Xudong Yang and Masatoshi Yanagida
Energy Environ. Sci., 2012, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C2EE03418B
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