Sengupta, D. and Mondal, B. and Mukherjee, K. (2015) Visible light absorption and photo-sensitizing properties of spinach leaves and beetroot extracted natural dyes. Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 148. pp. 85-92.

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Abstract

Herein, chlorophyll and betalain dyes are extracted from fresh spinach leaves and beetroots. Fourier transform infrared spectra are used to identify the characteristic peaks of the extracted dyes. UV–vis light absorption characteristics of the dyes and their mixed counterpart are investigated by varying their pH and temperature. These dyes are used as photo sensitizer for fabrication of zinc oxide photo-anode based dye sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). The photo-voltaic characteristics of the developed DSSCs are measured under simulated solar light (power of incident light 100 mW cm−2 from Air Mass 1.5G). The solar to electric conversion efficiencies for the chlorophyll, betalain and mixed dye based solar cells are estimated as 0.148%, 0.197% and 0.294% respectively. The highest conversion efficiency for mixed dye based solar cell is attributed due to the absorption of wider range of solar spectrum.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	Dye sensitised solar cell
Depositing User:	Dr. Sarita Ghosh
Date Deposited:	20 Sep 2016 13:38
Last Modified:	20 Sep 2016 13:38
URI:	http://cmeri.csircentral.net/id/eprint/279

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