Abstract :
The famed ecodesigner Ken Yeang files the first of his stories for a new series for AD+. Here he hails the introduction of an exciting new technology - a photovoltaic system - that imitates photosynthesis in nature. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Keywords :
US , biosolar cell , photosynthesis , a natural approach to producing electricity , photon (a particle of light) , how to use sunlight to create free electrons , chlorophyll , nanoscopic particles , cell , American Chemical Societyיs Institute for Chemical Education , Solar photovoltaic (PC) , chlorophyll and anthocyanin dyes , Michael Gratzel , Power PlasticTM prototype PV dye-cell showing its flexible characteristic , natural dyes extracted from berries , Hartford Glass Co Inc , Ecoles Polytechniques Fédérales de Lausanne in Switzerland , Konarka of Lowell , Massachusetts , new-generation low-cost alternative