Utilization of natural carotenoids as photosensitizers for dye-sensitized solar cells

Solar Energy

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 512-516

  Yamazaki, Eiji ^a   Murayama, Masaki ^a   Nishikawa, Naomi ^a   Hashimoto, Noritsugu ^a   Shoyama, Masashi ^a   Kurita, Osamu ^a  

^a Mie Prefectural Science and Technology Promotion Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carotenoid; Dye sensitized solar cells; Natural dyes

Indexed keywords

DYES; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; PHOTOCURRENTS; PHOTOSENSITIZERS;

CAROTENOIDS; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; NATURAL DYES;

SOLAR CELLS;

DYES; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; PHOTOCURRENTS; PHOTOSENSITIZERS; SOLAR CELLS;

CAROTENOID; DYE; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM;

EID: 33947380111     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2006.08.003     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. Ehret A., Stuhl L., and Spitler M.T. Variation of carboxylate-functionalized cyanine dyes to produce efficient spectral sensitization of nanocrystalline solar cells. Electrochim. Acta 45 (2000) 4553-4557
2. 2 photosensitized with natural polymers with enhanced efficiency from 400 to 600 nm. Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells 85 (2005) 359-369
3. 2 in photoelectrochemical solar cells. J. Photochem. Photobiol. A: Chem. 160 (2003) 87-91
4. Hao S., Wu J., Huang Y., and Lin J. Natural dyes as photosensitizers for dye-sensitized solar cell. Sol. Energy 80 (2006) 209-214
5. Kishimoto S., Maoka T., Sumitomo K., and Ohmiya A. Analysis of carotenoid composition in petals of calendula (Calendula officinalis L.). Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem. 69 (2005) 2122-2128
6. Kumara G.R.A., Kaneko S., Okuya M., Onwana-Agyeman B., Konno A., and Tennakone K. Shiso leaf pigments for dye-sensitized solid-state solar cell. Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells 90 (2006) 1220-1226
7. 2 electrode sensitized by porphyrin derivatives. J. Photochem. Photobiol. A: Chem. 152 (2002) 207-212
8. Murayama M., and Mori T. Evaluation of treatment effects for high-performance dye-sensitized solar cells using equivalent circuit analysis. Thin Solid Films 509 (2006) 123-126
9. 2 electrodes. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 115 (1993) 6382-6390
10. 2-based solar cells. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 123 (2001) 1613-1624
11. 2 films. Nature 353 (1991) 737-740
12. 2 films. J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun. (1995) 65-66
13. Sirimanne P.M., Senevirathna M.K.I., Premalal E.V.A., Pitigala P.K.D.D.P., Sivakumar V., and Tennakone K. Utilization of natural pigment extracted from pomegranate fruits as sensitizers in solid-state solar cells. J. Photochem. Photobiol. A: Chem. 177 (2006) 324-327
14. West W., and Geddes A.L. The effects of solvents and of solid substrates on the visible molecular absorption spectrum of cyanine dyes. J. Phys. Chem. 68 (1964) 837-847
15. Zhao W., Hou Y.J., Wang X.S., Zhang B.W., Cao Y., Yang R., Wang W.B., and Xiao X.R. Study on squarylium cyanine dyes for photoelectric conversion. Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells 58 (1999) 173-183