Finally : cheap DIY selfmade solar cell with common materials !

[onthecuttingedge2005]

also, here is an article on what I have been preaching a long time now by combining beta- emitters with Phosphor compounds and then laminating it over solars cells.

http://peswiki.com/index.php/Directory:MPK_Co%27s_Litroenergy

[andi742]

just try this:

Mix TiO2 with vinegar and put it onto a NORMAL glas plate.
Then heat the glas plate and apply the dye.
Let the dye soak into the TiO2 and then let it dry.
Then use a burning candle to make a black graphite (lamp black) layer ontop of this TiO2.
This will be the conducting electrical current pickup layer.

Then soak this glas plate into the Iodine electrolyte and use with a bit distance
just graphite paper ( a mix of graphite and acrylic binder) as the second electrode.

Then use a light to shine onto the glas plate to see, if this cell is light sensitive.

Instead of the lampblack layer on the TiO2 you could also use a silver metal wire
or silver mesh to collect the current from the TiO2, if your arguments are
valid, but I guess, as the ITO-TiO2 is missing, there will be no PN-layer and thus
no conversion of light.
You will only see galvanic voltage effects.

I don't really have the time to do experiments at the moment but just one guess why it does not work: the heat of the candle destroys all the dye molecules!

the whole laser dye thing --> i don't know if any of those work but the thing is that they are all almost white or blue -> they absorb nearly nothing of the visible spectrum

[onthecuttingedge2005]

LASER dyes can be made to work with most frequencies, including visible light.

you can buy specific frequency LASER dyes to match just about any frequency you want.

it will be more difficult making a homemade LASER dye to match your required frequencies, it just takes research.

for instance, try bleeding out the fluorescent purple dye from a purple colored high lighter felt pen, mix it with your TiO2 and test the results, do this with all high light color pens to see what the best results are.

after finding the sweet spot between color ranges then take the best high lighter results and try making it more efficient by using the other High lighter colors to get your absorption spectrum just right.

just trying to help with this research based on using photomultiplying dyes that may benefit solar technology.

if you really want some good research, then as I suggested mix the Radio beta- emitters with phosphorus and then add photomultiplying LASER dyes to the mix.

finding the optimal Beta- emitter that emits UV radiation from high energy beta- emission then mix the Isotope into a Phosphorus compound to achieve higher intensity Beta- Light to coat onto Solar cells to make compact radio Solar cell Batteries.

I myself would use Radio Beta- emitting Quantum Dots, but that would be expensive.

Jerry

[onthecuttingedge2005]

the interesting thing about betavoltaic solar cell batteries is night or day when they are not in use you can store unused energy potentials in batteries or super caps to increase energy density output.

this is the next generation of green energy, it is to bad we have to make sure we don't violate certain Isotope laws for certain isotopes, it's like the government knows it's potential and keeps it from being discovered to its highest potential. power mongers have their grips on the most advanced technology used in super secret nuclear spacecraft hidden in the deepest of skunk works. real shame actually.

to;Stefan
Stefan, if I built a betavoltaic solar cell battery that met radiological safety requirements and built it to the specifications of a D size battery and it did what I say it does as a thirty year battery would you except it for qualification of the OU prize? you could simply place the D size BVSCB in a single celled D sized flash light and turn it on and it will not run down for thirty years, hopefully I wouldn't have to wait 30 years to win the prize.

Jerry

[onthecuttingedge2005]

some other interesting things, one can replace the Mercury gas inside a fluorescent bulb with Tritium gas and it will light up by reacting with the white phosphor coating inside the tube. it would be moderately bright and you would never need to pay for electricity to light your home. it would generate white light.