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=== Lab Manual ===
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Revision as of 08:30, 16 February 2010

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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.

Scientific Background

see wikipedia Dye Sensitized solar cells

Lab Manual

<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>

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Video Instructions

Investigations using the solar cell

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Source for materials

Institute for Chemical Education - Nanocyrstaline Solar Cell Kit