Solar cells using polymerized chlorophyll molecules

Jun 13, 2008 0 Replies

Hi,



Has anyone constructed solar cells using chains of light-absorbing chlorophyll rings connected in parallel across electrodes?



A centimetre long chain would contain about 10,000 chlorophyll rings. If each photon captured by a ring has 1 eV of energy then I suppose there would be 10 kV across the ends of each chain which sounds high but maybe its feasible?



John


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