Proceedings of MATSUS Spring 2024 Conference (MATSUS24)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.29363/nanoge.matsus.2024.556
Publication date: 18th December 2023
The current models of production and consumption are no longer deemed adequate because of the inefficient use of resources (especially energy) and its environmental consequences. To sustainably meet the growing energy demands of the world, a substantial increase in the deployment of photovoltaic and energy storage technologies is needed. Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs) have the potential to provide a viable source of renewable energy to help decarbonize our economy and power wearable devices. With their exceptional performance in diffused light under indoor conditions, DSCs remain competitive for powering the next digital revolution forming the internet of things (IoT). They can also be interfaced with storage materials to enable a new generation of energy storable solar cells. While this is all encouraging, with the increase in the number of deployed devices arises the need to evaluate their end-of-life, transition to a resource efficient circular economy. In this talk, I will evaluate each component of a dye-solar cell from an environmental point of view. I will present the various material design routes being developed to enable a sustainable approach both during fabrication and as readily ‘refurbishable/upgradable’ devices, leveraging the ability to replace dyes and electrolytes repeatedly with no observable loss in functionality over many product generations. My talk will identify features which are conducive to circular economy and identify barriers to resource efficiency for these technologies and suggest some potential solutions and priority areas for future research.
References: 1. R. G. Charles, M. L. Davies and P. Douglas, "Third generation photovoltaics — Early intervention for circular economy and a sustainable future," 2016 Electronics Goes Green 2016+ (EGG), Berlin, Germany, 2016, pp. 1-8, doi: 10.1109/EGG.2016.7829820.
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