Stephen Foster and Sajeev John demonstrate numerically that photonic crystal dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) can provide at least a factor of one-third enhancement in solar light absorption and power conversion efficiency relative to their conventional counterparts in their recent EES paper.
Their design, which consists of a lattice of modulated-diameter TiO2 nanotubes filled with TiO2 nanoparticles and interstitial regions filled with electrolyte, has the potential of optimizing both light trapping and electron collection.
Read this HOT article today:
Light-trapping in dye-sensitized solar cells
Stephen Foster and Sajeev John
DOI: 10.1039/C3EE40185E
