Dye-sensitized ZnO nanorod based photoelectrochemical solar cells with natural dyes extracted from Ixora coccinea, Mulberry and Beetroot

被引：35

作者：

Thambidurai, M. ^{[1
]}

Muthukumarasamy, N. ^{[1
]}

Velauthapillai, Dhayalan ^{[2
]}

Arul, N. Sabari ^{[3
]}

Agilan, S. ^{[1
]}

Balasundaraprabhu, R. ^{[4
]}

机构：

[1] Coimbatore Inst Technol, Dept Phys, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India

[2] Univ Coll Bergen, Dept Engn, Bergen, Norway

[3] Bharathiar Univ, Dept Nanosci & Technol, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India

[4] PSG Coll Technol, Dept Phys, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India

来源：

JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE-MATERIALS IN ELECTRONICS | 2011年 / 22卷 / 11期

关键词：

Plants (botany) - Solar cell efficiency - Tin oxides - Zinc oxide - Scanning electron microscopy - Sol-gels - Nanorods - II-VI semiconductors - Indium compounds - Glass substrates - ITO glass;

D O I：

10.1007/s10854-011-0342-9

中图分类号：

TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];

学科分类号：

0808 ; 0809 ;

摘要：

ZnO nanorods have been prepared on indium tin oxide (ITO) glass substrates coated with sol-gel based ZnO seed layer through chemical method. Natural dyes (Ixora coccinea, Mulberry and Beetroot) have been used for the fabrication of dye sensitized solar cells. The surface morphology studied using scanning electron microscope shows that the vertically aligned ZnO nanorods are of hexagonal shape. The solar cell efficiency has been calculated and is found to be 0.33, 0.41 and 0.28% for Ixora coccinea, Mulberry and Beetroot extract dye sensitized solar cells.

引用

页码：1662 / 1666

页数：5

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