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Marta Peleteiro 1

Photoelectric bites

Temporary photoElectric Digestopians Worklab Series

Edible Solarcells

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    Tactile Research Lab - 

    Produced by participant of PhoEf's T(emporary)p(hoto)E(lectric)D(igestopian)-WorkLab_1
    at the Tactile Research Lab, ArtScience Interfaculty, Royal Academy of Fine Arts, The Hague (HOL).Picture taken at Temporary photoElectric Digestopian Worklab #1, Tactile Research Lab, The Hague, Nov.8, 2010 Image found on Flickr's website by Bartaku

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    Cooking process - 

    Picture taken at Temporary photoElectric Digestopian Worklab #1, Tactile Research Lab, The Hague, Nov.8, 2010. Image found on [http://www.flickr.com
    Flickr's] website by _foam

Bartaku's project fused cooking and solar tech. It consist of experimentations on the transformation of light energy into electric energy with food. Often photovoltaic-tech is compared with the plant leaf's capacity of harvesting the Sun's energy. But there is only one type of PV-cell that mimics significantly the natural process of photosynthesis: the natural Dye Sensitized Solar Cells (nDSC). It is made of the dyes of anthocyanin or carotenoid-rich fruits like berries, currants, black beans etc., some titanium-dioxide (cf. white paint, toothpaste) some graphite or carbon and an electrolyte, all sandwiched between two tiny conductive (tin-oxide) glass plates. Unsurprisingly the plants that produce the energetic nDSC-dyes are very popular amongst the bees.

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