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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6861
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-11-19
pubmed:abstractText
Until now, photovoltaics--the conversion of sunlight to electrical power--has been dominated by solid-state junction devices, often made of silicon. But this dominance is now being challenged by the emergence of a new generation of photovoltaic cells, based, for example, on nanocrystalline materials and conducting polymer films. These offer the prospect of cheap fabrication together with other attractive features, such as flexibility. The phenomenal recent progress in fabricating and characterizing nanocrystalline materials has opened up whole new vistas of opportunity. Contrary to expectation, some of the new devices have strikingly high conversion efficiencies, which compete with those of conventional devices. Here I look into the historical background, and present status and development prospects for this new generation of photoelectrochemical cells.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:status
PubMed-not-MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0028-0836
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
414
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
338-44
pubmed:dateRevised
2003-10-31
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Photoelectrochemical cells.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute of Photonics and Interfaces, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne, Switzerland. michael.graetzel@epfl.ch
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article