Natural dye (cyanidin 3-O-glucoside) sensitized nanocrystalline TiO2 solar cell fabricated using liquid electrolyte/quasi-solid-state polymer electrolyte

Renewable Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2484-2488

  Senthil, T S ^a   Muthukumarasamy, N ^b   Velauthapillai, Dhayalan ^c   Agilan, S ^b   Thambidurai, M ^b   Balasundaraprabhu, R ^d  

^a ERODE SENGUNTHAR ENGINEERING COLLEGE   (India)

^b Coimbatore Institute of Technology   (India)

^c BERGEN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Norway)

^d PSG COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Anthocyanin; Natural dye; Solar cell; TiO2

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE SYSTEMS; ANTHOCYANIN PIGMENT; CARBOXYLIC GROUP; CYANIDIN; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ENVIRONMENT FRIENDLY; NANOCRYSTALLINE TIO2; NATURAL DYE; PHOTO-ELECTRODES; PHOTOELECTRODE; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SHORT-CIRCUIT PHOTOCURRENT; SOLID STATE POLYMER ELECTROLYTE; TIO; TIO2;

ANTHOCYANINS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY;

SOLAR CELLS;

DYE; ELECTROLYTE; FUEL CELL; POLYMER; SOLAR POWER; TITANIUM;

DELONIX REGIA; RUBUS; SYZYGIUM CUMINI;

EID: 79954575066     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2011.01.031     Document Type: Article

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