Sensitizing performance of extracted natural dyes on MoO3-included Degussa composite photo-anode in DSSC fabrication

Thangaraju, D (2023) Sensitizing performance of extracted natural dyes on MoO3-included Degussa composite photo-anode in DSSC fabrication. Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 34 (8): 735. ISSN 0957-4522

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Abstract

Natural dye sensitizers were extracted from Terminalia catappa (R), Azadirachta indica (G), and Clitoria ternatea (B) using water as a solvent to sensitize the bare photo-anodes of N-DSSCs. The average crystalline size of a bare TiO2-based photo-anode was compared with a composite photo-anode which includes 1 wt% of MoO3. The anchoring capability of extracted sensitizers (R, G, and B) toward metal oxides was confirmed with a favorable functional group. Through UV–Vis–DRS Spectra, the light-harvesting capability to collect light was compared for each composite and a TiO2-based photo-anode that had been sensitized with respective sensitizer R, G, and B. The photo-catalytic performance of dye-anchored pure TiO2 and composite-based photo-anodes have been analyzed through recombination rate. Photovoltaic parameters of assembled N-DSSCs were calculated from the J–V graph. The overall efficiency of N-DSSCs incorporated with 1wt% MoO3 -based photo-anode sensitized with Terminalia catappa (as RB), Azadirachta indica (as GB), and Clitoria ternatea (as BB) shows diminished results than that of respective pure TiO2-incorporated photo-anode-based N-DSSCs.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Anchoring capability; Average crystalline size; Azadirachta indica; Clitoria ternatea; Degussa; Natural dye; Natural dye sensitizers; Performance; Photo-anodes; Sensitiser
Subjects: F Mechanical Engineering > Alloys and Compounds
G Chemistry > Organic chemistry
J Physics > Dye sensitized solar cells
Divisions: Physics
Depositing User: Users 5 not found.
Date Deposited: 18 Jul 2024 08:43
Last Modified: 17 Aug 2024 08:32
URI: https://ir.psgitech.ac.in/id/eprint/792

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