Journal
RESULTS IN PHYSICS
Volume 7, Issue -, Pages 1516-1523Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.rinp.2017.04.011
Keywords
DSSC Natural dye; TiO2 photoanode; Dye extracting solvent; Dye-adsorption time
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- IDCOL
- MOST, Bangladesh
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In this study, natural dye sensitizer based solar cells were successfully fabricated and photovoltaic performance was measured. Sensitizer (turmeric) sources, dye extraction process, and photoanode sensitization time of the fabricated cells were analyzed and optimized. Dry turmeric, verdant turmeric, and powder turmeric were used as dye sources. Five distinct types of solvents were used for extraction of natural dye from turmeric. Dyes were characterized by UV-Vis spectrophotometric analysis. The extracted turmeric dye was used as a sensitizer in the dye sensitized solar cell's (DSSC) photoanode assembly. Nano-crystalline TiO2 was used as a film coating semiconductor material of the photoanode. TiO2 films on ITO glass substrate were prepared by simple doctor blade technique. The influence of the different parameters V-OC, J(SC), power density, FF, and g% on the photovoltaic characteristics of DSSCs was analyzed. The best energy conversion performance was obtained for 2 h adsorption time of dye on TiO2 nano-porous surface with ethanol extracted dye from dry turmeric. (C) 2017 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license
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