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Electrochemical Solar Cells Based on Pigments

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The intensity of solar radiation at the outer edge of the atmosphere (global illumination on the ground) when the Earth is the average distance from the Sun, is called the solar constant, whose value is 1.37 * 106 ergs/s/cm2 (1.37 * 103 W/m2) or about 2 cal/min/cm2 [1]. As a result the Earth receives a total 1.56 * 1,018 1.2 * 1,017 W or kWh/year. In turn burn energy obtained from 1 kg of hydrogen is 39.4 kWh. So the solar energy which comes to Earth is equivalent to 3.9 * 1,016 kg H2. During the day-middle solar cell with an efficiency of 10 % produces electrical power 100 W/m2. Simple calculations show that the annual European solar surface could give 80 kW/m2. This quantity is equivalent to 2 kg H2 showing that total energy requirements for world could be met to cover only 0.13 % of Earth’s surface with solar panels by 10 % efficiency.

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    Constantin Turta, Ion Marin & Dumitru Sirbu

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Turta, C., Duca, G., Marin, I., Sirbu, D. (2014). Electrochemical Solar Cells Based on Pigments. In: Duca, G. (eds) Management of Water Quality in Moldova. Water Science and Technology Library, vol 69. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02708-1_3

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