Nanocrystalline - Dye Solar Cell Lab

K-12 Outreach Kits and Labs

This page is devoted to the research and development of a organic solar cell that can be built in a high school chemistry lab. It is adapted from the nanocrystalline solar cell kit from ICE.

Scientific Background

see wikipedia Dye Sensitized solar cells

Lab Manual

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Web Links

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Source for materials

Institute for Chemical Education - Nanocyrstaline Solar Cell Kit