CL : Vol. 36 (2007) , No. 4 p.480

Light Energy Conversion and Storage with Soft Carbonaceous Materials that Solidify Mesoscopic Electrochemical Interfaces

Tsutomu Miyasaka¹⁾²⁾, Nobuyuki Ikeda¹⁾, Takurou N. Murakami¹⁾ and Kenjiro Teshima²⁾

1) Graduate School of Engineering, Toin University of Yokohama
2) Peccell Technologies, Inc.

(Received January 12, 2007)

Photoactive interfaces created by mesoscopic materials realize high-efficiency light to electric conversion as achieved by dye-sensitized photoelectrodes. Combinaiton of soft carbon composite materials with the mesoscopic interfaces enables solidification of the electrochemical charge-transfer interfaces and incorporation of energy storage function. New approaches for solid-state photoelectrochemistry are described.