Bioinspired Organic PV Cells Using Photosynthetic Pigment Complex for Energy Harvesting Materials

Abstract

This is the report of a research project that used the photosynthetic pigment complex of purple bacteria or green plants and their model complexes to control the direction and orientation of complex on electrodes for developing dye-sensitized solar PV cells.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 10, 2010
Accession Number
ADA519547

Entities

People

  • Mamoru Nango

Organizations

  • Nagoya Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Assembly
  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Chemistry
  • Electrodes
  • Electron Transfer
  • Energy
  • Energy Harvesting
  • Energy Transfer
  • Films
  • Manufacturing
  • Materials
  • Membrane Lipids
  • Membrane Proteins
  • Orientation (Direction)
  • Self Assembled Monolayers
  • Self Assembly
  • Solar Cells

Readers

  • Chemistry (specifically Chemical Fluorescence)
  • Distributed Systems and Data Platform Development
  • Solar Photovoltaics and Thermoelectric Devices.

Technology Areas

  • Biotechnology