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Yi-Bing Cheng  
  
 
 
 
 
 
 

Using solar energy to produce electricity is an everlasting challenge to science and engineering.

Silicon based solar cells have found many applications.

 

 
  
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Dye sensitised Solar Cells (DSSC)

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  • Film and nano technologies
  • Easy fabrication and low materials cost, cheap energy source
  • Enables novel cell architectures

Reported by Michael Grätzel in 1991, 11% efficiency now
 
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