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Date of publication: 8. 10. 2010
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University of Nova Gorica invites to the lecture: “The Advent of Mesoscopic Solar Cells” by Prof. Dr. Michael Grätzel (Professor and Director of the Laboratory of Photonics and Interfaces at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)).

Lecture will take place on Thursday, 14 October 2010 at 8 p.m. at the mansion Zemono (Vipava). Lecture will be in English language.

Mimicking the principle of natural photosysnthesis, dye sensitized mesoscopic solar cells (DSSCs) are the only photovoltaic system that accomplishes the separation of the optical absorption from charge generation and carrier transport by associating a sensitizer as light-absorbing material with a wide band gap semiconductor, of nanocrystalline morphology. The conversion efficiency of the DSSC has reached over 12 percent for laboratory cells and 9.5 % for modules. As commercial production has started the DSSC has become a viable contenders for large-scale future solar energy conversion systems on the bases of cost, efficiency, stability and feedstock availability as well as environmental compatibility.

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