Swiss-Swedish-Chinese research team developed cheaper dye-sensitized solar cells that harvest indoor light to power electronics.

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Swiss-Swedish-Chinese research team developed cheaper dye-sensitized solar cells that harvest indoor light to power electronics.

June 2, 2017

Briefing
  • New Solar Technology – Researchers from Uppsala University (Sweden), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (Switzerland), and East China University of Science and Technology (China) developed new version of solar technology that allows typical indoor lighting to power electronics
  • Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells – Uses dyes as photovoltaic material to generate electricity
  • Advantages – Cheaper and more flexible processing, making it easier to utilize right dye mix that broadens light wavelengths absorbed efficiently
  • Performance Results – Though device efficiency is not same as silicon cells out in sunlight, device efficiency almost reached record for single-material solar cell, which provides enough to power variety of devices

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Clean Energy Generation, Distribution and Management

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Original Publication Date
May 5, 2017

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