The present study describes the design of a simple teaching module for each student to fabricate a dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) that could power a small fan motor. The significance of this laboratory exercise is to stimulate students’ motivation by visualizing the light being converted into electricity, which is then switched over to kinetic energy, and to inspire them to understand the mechanistic working principles of solar cells and gain the concepts of sustainable green energy. The developed DSSC teaching module could easily power a small fan motor under the light of a halogen lamp, a conventional light bulb, or a compact fluorescent lamp. In addition, the fabrication process allowed replacing the expensive massive pressing machine by using electric irons that are readily available in daily life and made this module cost-effective and easy to assemble by school students. The field studies reveal that both junior and senior high school students were able to complete the module in 2.5 h class session and more than 80% of students successfully constructed the DSSCs to harvest the light to propel their fan motors.

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染料敏化太阳能电池的视觉观察与在高中能源教育中的实际应用

本研究描述了一个简单的教学模块的设计，该模块可为每个学生制造可为小型风扇电机提供动力的染料敏化太阳能电池（DSSC）。这项实验室练习的意义在于，通过可视化转换为电能的光来激发学生的动力，然后将其转换为动能，并激发他们理解太阳能电池的机械工作原理并获得可持续绿色概念。活力。开发的DSSC教学模块可以在卤素灯，传统灯泡或紧凑型荧光灯的照明下轻松为小型风扇电机供电。此外，制造过程允许使用日常使用的电熨斗来代替昂贵的大型压机，并使该模块具有成本效益，并且易于学生组装。现场研究表明，初中和高中学生都能够在2.5小时的课堂上完成该模块，超过80％的学生成功构建了DSSC，以收集光线以推动风扇电机。