Bright future for alternative energy with greener solar cells

Research at Kansas State University's Department of Chemistry is improving dye-sensitized solar cells. This type of solar cell uses a dye to help generate energy from sunlight. By creating a less toxic dye and combining it with a bacteria, the solar cells are less toxic to the environment and living organisms.

Making an alternative energy solution to fossil fuels even greener than other alternatives is a big bonus for the environment. Dye-sensitized solar cells have been around for 2 decades, but their efficiency is only 11%. So instead of working to raise their efficiency, K-State is lessening their impact on the environment, so more of them can be safely used to compensate for their relatively low efficiency.

Read the Science Daily article HERE.

Read the Kansas State University article HERE.