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1. A photovoltaic dye cell arrangement comprising:
at least one photovoltaic dye cell, each having: (a) a cell housing, said housing including an at least partially transparent cell wall along a first broad face of said housing; (b) an at least partially transparent electrically conductive layer disposed on a first interior surface of said cell wall, within the photovoltaic cell, said interior surface made of a plastic; (c) an anode disposed on said at least partially transparent electrically conductive layer, in distal fashion with respect to said first interior surface, said anode including:
(i) a porous film surface disposed above, and electrically communicating with, a broad face of said electrically conductive layer, and adapted to make intimate contact with an electrolyte including a redox charge transfer species, said porous film including a plurality of nanoparticles and(ii) a dye, disposed on a surface of said porous film, said dye and said porous film adapted to convert photons to electrons, by means of said redox charge transfer species; and (d) a cathode disposed against a second interior surface on a second broad face of said housing, substantially opposite and above said anode, said cathode including a catalytic surface disposed to fluidly contact said electrolyte,said porous film being a sintered porous film containing high-temperature sintered titania. |
