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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.  
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 ===
=== Background ===
[[Image:500px-Dye_Sensitized_Solar_Cell_Scheme.png‎|thumb|300px|]]
[[Image:500px-Dye_Sensitized_Solar_Cell_Scheme.png‎|thumb|300px|]]
[[Image:AssembledCell_small.JPG‎|thumb|300px|]]
[[Image:AssembledCell_small.JPG‎|thumb|300px|]]
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=== Lab Manual ===
=== Procedure ===


<embed_document width="55%" height="400">http://depts.washington.edu/cmditr/media/Materials_List.pdf</embed_document>
<embed_document width="55%" height="400">http://depts.washington.edu/cmditr/media/Materials_List.pdf</embed_document>
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=== Investigations using the solar cell ===


=== Web Links ===
=== Web Links ===
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[http://www.instructables.com/id/My-home-made-solar-cell-1/  Instructables version]
[http://www.instructables.com/id/My-home-made-solar-cell-1/  Instructables version]


'''Source for materials'''
 
=== Source for materials ===
 


[http://ice.chem.wisc.edu/Catalog.html Institute for Chemical Education - Nanocyrstaline Solar Cell Kit]
[http://ice.chem.wisc.edu/Catalog.html Institute for Chemical Education - Nanocyrstaline Solar Cell Kit]

Revision as of 08:25, 22 September 2010

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.

Background

500px-Dye Sensitized Solar Cell Scheme.png
AssembledCell small.JPG

see wikipedia Dye Sensitized solar cells


Procedure

<embed_document width="55%" height="400">http://depts.washington.edu/cmditr/media/Materials_List.pdf</embed_document>

<embed_document width="55%" height="400">http://depts.washington.edu/cmditr/media/Safety.pdf</embed_document>

<embed_document width="55%" height="400">http://depts.washington.edu/cmditr/media/Color_lab_manual.pdf</embed_document>

Download lab manual

Video Instructions

Web Links

Alternative Device Instructions

Wisconsin Mrsec TiO2 Example

Student project powerpoint

Solar cell lesson plan

Copper Foil cell

Exploratorium version

Solideas version

New Mexico lesson plans

More high school lesson plans


Instructables version


Source for materials

Institute for Chemical Education - Nanocyrstaline Solar Cell Kit