Diatom frustules as light traps enhance DSSC efficiency

Jeremiah Toster; K Iyer; Wanchun Xiang; Federico Rosei; Leone Spiccia; Colin Raston

doi:10.1039/c2nr32716c

Diatom frustules as light traps enhance DSSC efficiency

Jeremiah Toster, K Iyer, Wanchun Xiang, Federico Rosei, Leone Spiccia, Colin Raston

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Diatoms are one of the most successful photosynthetic organisms and given the important role that their shells (frustules) play in light trapping we explored their use in multilayered materials for application as photoanodes in dye sensitised solar cells (DSSCs). We find a substantial improvement in energy conversion efficiency of 30%, increasing from 3.5% to 4.6% with diatom incorporation.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	873-876
Number of pages	4
Journal	Nanoscale
Volume	5
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1039/c2nr32716c
Publication status	Published - 7 Feb 2013

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