ID - 131514162 TI - Biomimetic Dye Aggregate Solar Cells PY - 2013 SN - 9783319006369 3319006363 PB - Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Optics. Quantum optics KW - Electronics and optics of solids KW - Chemical structure KW - Chemistry KW - Relation between energy and economics KW - Applied physical engineering KW - moleculen KW - nanotechniek KW - chemie KW - atomen KW - transistoren KW - halfgeleiders KW - microwaves KW - Nanochemistry. KW - Energy harvesting. KW - Optical materials. KW - Electronics KW - Nanoscience. KW - Nanostructures. KW - Energy Harvesting. KW - Optical and Electronic Materials. KW - Nanoscale Science and Technology. KW - Materials. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:131514162 AB - This thesis describes a new approach to the construction of solar cells. Following nature's example, this approach has the goal to find a biomimetic self-assembling dye, whose aggregates can mimic the natural light-harvesting system of special photosynthetic active bacteria. The thesis investigates methods to control the self-assembly such that suitable dye aggregates are formed with high internal order and size-confinement.The dye aggregates can be implemented into a new type of solar cells, designed to combine the advantages of hybrid solar cells and solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells (ss-DSSCs): dye aggregate solar cells (DASCs). This book describes the construction and first tests of a prototype for DASCs on the basis of the investigated dye aggregates. The described approach has the advantage that it will enable to build up a light-harvesting system fully synthetically in large scale in order to realize low-cost, light-weight and environmentally friendly solar cells – a worthwhile goal towards the exploitation of clean energy from sunlight. ER -