Biodegradable, Biocompatible, Bioinspired and Bioabsorbale (Edible)Functional Materials for Solar Cell Applications

摘要

We, as a society, are facing the greatest challenges of all times, climate change, energy crisis, pollution etc., all at once. Providing affordable, sustainable and green technologies are essential but we need to minimize human impact on our environment by creating biodegradable functional materials. Nature is the master of the materials world: It makes green, sustainable, biodegradable, biocompatible, bioabsorbable, recyclable, edible functional materials. The green leaf is an edible solar cell, the brain is a biodegradable computer, birds are biodegradable flying machines, eyes are biodegradable high-resolution cameras etc. Only hundred years ago our major means of personal transportation was a horse buggy, which is completely biodegradable, bioabsorbable, green, and sustainable, including the driver and the motor (horse). The present day car is an excellent vehicle but a lot of that is made of materials that do not biodegrade, some of it not recycled and accumulates in the environment.