Adsorption characteristics of gardenia yellow as natural photosensitizer for dye-sensitized solar cells

Dyes and Pigments

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 595-601

  Park, Kyung Hee ^a   Kim, Tae Young ^a   Park, Ju Young ^b   Jin, En Mei ^a   Yim, Soon Ho ^c   Choi, Do Young ^d   Lee, Jae Wook ^d  

^a Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

^b Green Energy Institute   (South Korea)

^c Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

^d Chosun University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Adsorption properties; Dye sensitized solar cell; Electrochemical properties; Gardenia yellow; Photovoltaic properties; TiO2 thin film

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION PROPERTIES; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; GARDENIA YELLOW; PHOTOVOLTAIC PROPERTY; TIO;

ADSORPTION; ADSORPTION ISOTHERMS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOSENSITIZERS; THIN FILMS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84868654921     PISSN: 01437208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dyepig.2012.10.005     Document Type: Article

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