Semiconductor

• FTO glass 

• home-made conductive glass (Jeri Ellsworth (2009)Simplifier, Hackaday) > recycled?

• Silk (Sudhakar)

• Ceramic, Plastic, Conductive Concrete

 

Photoelectrode

• Titanium Dioxide

• Zinc Oxide

• Tin Oxide

• Niobium Oxide

• Chalcogenides such as Cadmium Selenide

• Copper Oxide, Carbon Nanoribbons

Counterelectrode (cathode)

• Platinum

• Carbon (through pencil, soot, graphene)

• Recycled Battery

• Carbonized eggshells, Carbonized Wood > not translucent, Corn husks,

 

Electrolyte

• Liquid Electrolyte

• Polymer Electrolyte (arrowroot starch, iodine, potassium iodine, distilled H2O) Singh (2014)

• Xanthan Gum + 1-Methyl-3- propylimidazolium iodide (PMII) (Park et al. 2013) 

• Iodide Potassium Electrolyte 

• Triiodide

• Ferrofluid, Ionic Liquid, [Cobalt/ sulfur, Disulfide/ thiolate, Copper, or aqueous Titanium based] 

Dyes/ Sensitizers

• Synthetic Dyes (food coloring or Solaronix)

• Natural Dyes (anthocyanins [pomegranate, peel + leaves in particular] prickly pear )

• Bacterial Secretions, Seaweed (Calogero et al. 2014)

 

Sealant

• Biopolymers (Bela et al. 2016)

• Easy Melt Plastic

• Xanthan Gum 

 

Gasket

Conductive Edge 

• Silver Paint

• Copper Tape

• Jewelry Crimps < which are solderable?

• Conductive Glue can be made DIY or bought 

• Other conductive Adhesives

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Accessories

• CDs

• Muscle Wire from Tinkersphere

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Chemical Boosters:

- TiCl4 can be added to the anode (Ghann et al)

- Protoporphyrin ix as a more environmentally friendly + cheap alternative to Chenodeoxycholic Acid

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