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A Double Layered Co-sensitization in Dye Sensitized Solar Cells (DSSCs) by Using Natural Pigments

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dc.contributor.author Rathnasekara, R.E.
dc.contributor.author Dissanayaka, M.A.K.L.
dc.contributor.author Senadeera, G.K.R.
dc.date.accessioned 2015-12-01T05:53:06Z
dc.date.available 2015-12-01T05:53:06Z
dc.date.issued 2015-12-01T05:53:06Z
dc.identifier.citation Rathnasekara, R.E., Dissanayaka, M.A.K.L., & Senadeera, G.K.R. (2015). A Double Layered Co-sensitization in Dye Sensitized Solar Cells (DSSCs) by Using Natural Pigments. Proceedings of the 71st Annual Sessions of Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science (Part I), 62.
dc.identifier.issn 13910248
dc.identifier.uri http://dr.lib.sjp.ac.lk/handle/123456789/2001
dc.description.abstract The co-sensitization method is employed in dye sensitized solar cells (DSSCs), with the aim of improving the absorption of light over a border wavelength region and thereby to improve the current output of the devices and the overall efficiency. In this work, natural pigments from the fire fern leaves and begonia black velvet leaves were used for double layered co-sensitization in dye sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). UV-VIS Spectral data revealed that both dyes were anthocyanins. The co-sensitization was done by first adsorbing the dye from begonia black velvet on to a TiO2 electrode by dipping, and then by removing the adsorbed dye of the top layer of TiO2 using a de-sorption solution. After that the fire fern dye was allowed to adsorb. The best performance was exhibited by the cosensitized cell which showed conversion efficiency (η) of 1.2%, with open circuit voltage of 412.9 mV, short circuit current density of 5.08 mAcm-2 and fill factor of 57.2%. This performance is superior to that of either individual devices made from fire fern (η=0.96%) and begonia black velvet (η=0.87) under the same conditions of fabrication. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science, Colombo 07
dc.subject Co-sensitization en_US
dc.subject DSSCs en_US
dc.title A Double Layered Co-sensitization in Dye Sensitized Solar Cells (DSSCs) by Using Natural Pigments en_US
dc.type Article en_US
dc.date.published 2015


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