New dye-sensitized solar cells obtained from extracted bracts of bougainvillea glabra and spectabilis betalain pigments by different purification processes

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 5565-5576

  Hernandez Martinez, Angel Ramon ^a   Estevez, Miriam ^a   Vargas, Susana ^a   Quintanilla, Fracisco ^b   Rodriguez, Rogelio ^a,b  

^a CENTRO DE FÍSICA APLICADA Y TECNOLOGÍA AVANZADA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Betalain; Dip coating; Dye sensitized solar cell; Natural dyes; Solar energy

Indexed keywords

BETALAIN; DYE; TIN OXIDE; COLORING AGENT; GLASS; INDIUM TIN OXIDE; PLANT EXTRACT; TIN DERIVATIVE;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ARTICLE; BOUGAINVILLEA GLABRA; BRACT; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DEVICE; DYE SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRODE; FLOWER; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; IRRADIATION; PURIFICATION; SOLAR ENERGY; SPECTABILIS BETALAIN; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NYCTAGINACEAE; PARTICLE SIZE; PLANT LEAF; PROCEDURES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

BOUGAINVILLEA; BOUGAINVILLEA GLABRA; BOUGAINVILLEA SPECTABILIS;

BETALAINS; COLORING AGENTS; ELECTROCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES; GLASS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NYCTAGINACEAE; PARTICLE SIZE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; SOLAR ENERGY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; TIN COMPOUNDS;

EID: 80053184378     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms12095565     Document Type: Article

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